Globe trotting former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is setting up his own finance boutique in London, rumoured to be offering investment services to global funds and the super-rich.
CFOs at the UK’s largest companies believe that all businesses will be required to measure their carbon footprint and pay a price for the carbon they emit, but have no clear idea of what to do about it.
In business, it’s not what you know or even who you know, but who knows you that matters, according to results of a survey by Robert Half Management Resources.
AIM-listed businesses still have some way to go before they catch up with their established FTSE-listed counterparts when it comes to the quality of their financial reporting, a study of company accounts by the financial regulator has found.
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more