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I’m writing this from Singapore, identified last year by Insead as the 3rd most innovative country in the world and in March 2013 named “Top Innovation City” in a Wall Street journal report. Financial...
So it’s been nearly a month since UK financial services regulation was shaken up. The biggest of the changes was how the regulatory powers of the now defunct Financial Services Authority (FSA) are no...
With toddlers becoming so addicted to iPads that they need therapy and remote workers now carrying an average of 3.5 mobile devices per person, it is not surprising that IT giant, Cisco, recently fo...
Probably the most significant step forward was the opening up of the SWIFT network to corporates – in 2006 SWIFT finally opened its doors properly and gave corporates the ability to connect to all of ...
There have been a number of requests coming in to cover the basics for Brazil Nota Fiscal Inbound. Remember, that the validation of all inbound supplier Nota Fiscals is mandatory. Many companies are ...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) announced that a high level work plan had been agreed for 2013 – 2017 on joint EU and US insurance initiatives with a focus on profes...
Intro Today’s Wealth Management industry is facing some profound challenges - regulation (RDR, FATCA, Basel IIII, Mifid II), unsteady economic landscape, clients, who no longer trust that Investment M...
Last night my wife watched a great BBC documentary about grizzly bears. I caught some of it, and two facts fascinated me most: (a) grown-up bears, causing serious damage to each other, kept fighting ...
A critical component of any business success is being able to accept payments for goods and services. At the same time, we are keenly aware of the risk associated with doing so. Whatever one trades, w...
There is a definite trend for multi-nationals to move away from managing in house software solutions because of the maintenance difficulties imposed by the changing legislation in Brazil. Many compan...
“Innovate or die” is a business slogan which has been around since the mid-1990’s and was often used by the Microsoft founder Bill Gates. It struck me this week that considering this train of thinkin...
FSA Policy development update 157 sets out publication timings for regulatory changes. For insurers this includes in Q3/4 2013: a policy statement following CP 11/23 on Solvency II and linked long-t...