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Bringing together the best financial journalism and commentary – "Financial World" the quarterly digital magazine of LIBF

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The November issue of "Financial World", which focuses on insurance, is now out: financialworld.libf.ac.uk #insurance #risk #extremeweather #financialservices #parametric #MotorInsurance
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Quarter of small businesses concerned they cannot weather financial shocks cityam.com/quarter-of-small-… #SMEs #growth #investment #productivity #savings #tax #revenue #interestrates

Quarter of small businesses concerned they cannot weather financial shocks

HSBC's research found small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly being held back by business and borrowing costs.

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How two ex-consultants plan to revolutionise UK consumer credit cityam.com/how-two-ex-consul… #creditscoring #data #credit #openbanking #loans #fintech #tech #data

How two ex-consultants plan to revolutionise UK consumer credit

Meet Abound, the start-up aiming to revolutionise the world of consumer credit and serve millions of “hidden prime” borrowers

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How China Became the World’s Largest Car Exporter nytimes.com/interactive/2024… #EV #manufacturing #trade #supplychain #exports #tariffs #china #Cars #transport #netzero #ESG #sustainability

How China Became the World’s Largest Car Exporter

Tariffs from the United States and other countries are unlikely to stop China’s auto export dominance.

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Financial World is our quarterly digital magazine, published in association with the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI).

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UK venture capital industry not attracting enough domestic funding, says report cityam.com/uk-venture-capita… #VC #capital #investment #growth #productivity

UK venture capital industry not attracting enough domestic funding, says report

The UK's venture capital industry is struggling to attract sufficient fundraising from domestic investors, its industry body has warned.

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Barclays fined £40m over 'reckless' financial crisis capital raising news.sky.com/story/barclays-… #barclays #banks #capital #financialcrisis #conduct #ethics #financialservices #regulation

Barclays fined £40m over 'reckless' financial crisis capital raising

The FCA ruled that the bank should have disclosed more details to the stock market around the £11.8bn in emergency funding it received, which averted a need for taxpayer aid following the 2008 shock.

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Outstanding over-the-counter derivatives grew by 2% year on year, to reach $730 trillion in June. The FX risk category showed a robust 10% growth Find out more bit.ly/3YZeaot
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Caixabank to invest $5 billion in technology over the next three years finextra.com/newsarticle/450… via @Finextra #Caixabank #fintech #tech #banks #financialservices #investment

Caixabank to invest $5 billion in technology over the next three years

Caixabank has outlined plans to spend more than $5 billion on technology over the coming three years to boost digital sales and launch new products and services.

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Commerzbank names new CFO amid UniCredit approach reuters.com/business/finance… #commerzbank #UniCredit #banks #financialservices #EU #Germany #management

Commerzbank names new CFO amid UniCredit approach

Commerzbank on Thursday named Carsten Schmitt as its new chief financial officer, a crucial role at Germany's No. 2 lender as it seeks to fend off an approach by Italy's UniCredit for a tie-up.

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Chile's rare salt flat fish faces threat from lithium mining project reuters.com/business/environ… #biodiversity #netzero #ESG #sustainability #supplychain #trade #Lithium #RareEarths
Climate funding divisions laid bare as COP29 deadline looms reuters.com/sustainability/n… #COP29 #ClimateChange #ESG #netzero #sustainability #investment #capital

Climate funding divisions laid bare as COP29 deadline looms

A proposal for a new global finance deal offered two vastly different options and left no one happy.

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K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks reuters.com/sustainability/k… #pollution #sustainability #brands #ESG #regulation #COP29 #plastics #fossilfuels #netzero

K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks

K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessly creates mountains of plastic in its home market by churning out CDs that most fans don't even listen to, critics say.

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Norway's Equinor cuts 20% of staff at renewables unit reuters.com/business/energy/… #netzero #ESG #sustainability #WindPower #energy #growth #Equinor #investment #renewables

Norway's Equinor cuts 20% of staff at renewables unit

Norway's Equinor is trimming 20% of the staff from its renewable energy division and will compete for a smaller number of new projects as it streamlines the business unit, the company told Reuters on...

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Thursday is #PhilosophyDay, an opportunity to highlight the importance of critical thinking in building fairer, more equal & inclusive societies —especially in times of crisis. More from @UNESCO on how philosophy unites us: unesco.org/en/days/philosoph…
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Factbox-US prosecutors demand Google divest Chrome to end search monopoly uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/fa… #Google #antitrust #monopoly #bigtech #regulation #Chrome #Search
Volkswagen enters third round of wage talks as strikes loom uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/vo… #EV #sustainability #ESG #trade #supplychain #manufacturing #Germany #EU
New report warns DPAs should not be seen as ‘a cost of doing business’ cityam.com/new-report-warns-… #DPAs #transparency #fraud #regulation #SFO #DeferredProsecutionAgreements

New report warns DPAs should not be seen as 'a cost of doing business'

The use of deferred prosecution agreements doesn’t stop corporate fraud, and may be actively encouraging it, says new paper by think tank, IEA

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Borrowing in October hits second-highest on record after inflation blow cityam.com/borrowing-in-octo… #debt #borrowing #inflation #interestrates #Sterling

Borrowing in October hits second-highest on record after inflation blow

The government's borrowing - the difference between spending and income - hit £17.4bn in the last month, the ONS said this morning.

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Ofwat blocks nine water firms from using customer cash for hefty bonuses cityam.com/ofwat-blocks-nine… #Ofwat #utilities #WaterCompany #pay #employment #bonuses #remuneration #regulation

Ofwat blocks nine water firms from using customer cash for hefty bonuses

Ofwat said it would use new powers to prevent customers paying for £6.8m in payouts across the industry, 73 per cent of the total.

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Close Brothers restarts motor finance lending following landmark ruling cityam.com/close-brothers-re… #MotorFinance #CloseBrothers #credit #financialservices #regulation

Close Brothers restarts motor finance lending following ruling

Close Brothers has restarted its motor finance lending practice after a landmark ruling last month over the legality of its business.

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