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Bye-bye bonus cap

November 17, 2023

The much-hated bonus cap was chucked on the UK’s bonfire of EU regulation on October 31. 

Lucie Pinson

COP28 preview: Reclaim Finance

November 16, 2023

More needs to happen in the private and public sectors in richer countries if negotiations at COP28 later this month are to have any chance of reaching an ambitious conclusion, says Reclaim Finance’s founder.  

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‘Digital first, human always’ steers the Coventry’s finance transformation

November 13, 2023

Embracing digital, while retaining brick-and-mortar, is the Coventry’s recipe. 

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Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor, Bank of Spain – View from Felaban 2023

November 8, 2023

Watch our interviews from the Felaban event in Miami Beach, Florida.

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EU banks take conservative approach to calculate market risk

November 8, 2023

Lenders are opting for the standardised approach to calculate their capital requirements, rather than internal models.

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Sustainability claims need to be ‘factually accurate’, says Dutch authority

November 8, 2023

Banks and financial institutions in the Netherlands need to ensure that their sustainable claims are “fair, accurate and non-misleading”, says AFM.

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Banks under increased scrutiny as Switzerland proposes AML reform

November 6, 2023

As European regulators crack down on money laundering, Switzerland is the latest to announce reform and place a greater burden on banks.

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What does the UK banker bonus cap scrap mean?

October 27, 2023

Experts are divided on whether the government’s bold change of policy will help the sector.

Stephen O'Driscoll

COP28 preview: the European Investment Bank

October 26, 2023

The EIB’s head of ESG hopes for a more “switched on” private sector at this year’s COP28 meetings in Dubai, but says much more could be achieved if the COPs on climate change and biodiversity were combined.

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Newcomers to the UK may transport their credit score

October 26, 2023

A system enabling newcomers to port their credit scores to the UK is given a provisional industry welcome. 

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