BPI calls on Fed to extend leverage ratio exclusions
Enhanced supplementary leverage ratio applied to eight G-SIBs needs to be recalibrated, says the Bank Policy Institute. Source link
Quantum computing is finally having something of a moment
Author: David Orrell, Author and Economist March 16, 2021 In 2019, Google announced that they had achieved ‘quantum supremacy’ by showing they could run a particular task much faster on their quantum device than on any classical computer. Research teams around the world are competing to find the first real-world applications and finance is at … Read more
The role of financial institutions in tackling the challenges of climate change
I want to thank the Institute of International Finance for inviting me to join this discussion. Let me start by noting that these are my own views and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Open Market Committee. Climate change is already imposing substantial economic costs and is projected … Read more
Deploying digital solutions at scale –
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Review proposes radical shake-up of UK’s listing regime
The Lord Hill listing review aims to boost London’s competitiveness in the post-Brexit era. Source link
Selling off corporate art to stem pandemic losses
  Author: Patrick McCrae, CEO, ARTIQ March 15, 2021 In 2020 British Airways made headlines following its decision to sell off some of the oldest and most valuable parts of its art collection. Struggling with mass redundancies, data breaches and a stream of cancellations, the company began purging artworks in a bid to offset its … Read more
Governance and risk in a time of uncertainty and change
Good morning. I would like to thank the Institute of Directors for inviting me to speak with you today. We are living through a time of great uncertainty – uncertainty over the short term path of the COVID-19 pandemic and its longer term effects; uncertainty regarding the pace and extent of technology and related behavioural … Read more
Digital boom driving ‘high-end gig economy jobs’ shift –
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Europe’s cum-ex probes heat up with focus on London –
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Gibraltar’s financial services will benefit from decision
  Author: Antonia Di Lorenzo, Finance Correspondent March 11, 2021 Around 90 percent of Gibraltar’s Financial Services business is UK-facing and with Brexit looming, the Gibraltar Government sought and achieved not only inclusion in the Withdrawal Agreement via the Gibraltar Protocol, but also, more recently, a bespoke arrangement that guarantees market access to financial services … Read more