Long term appreciation potential in cable remains limited
Apr 07, 2016 12:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Since the middle of February politics has taken over as the greatest influence on the pound. Brexit risk has put considerable pressure on Sterling over the past months. On a trade-weighted basis the British currency has...
Why Brexit could be bad news for disabled people
Apr 07, 2016 07:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
The debate about the EU referendum has so far seen the two camps facing off over trade, sovereignty and security. There has been relatively little discussion about what Brexit means for ordinary voters, especially the 11m...
BBSW – Too Dumb to Understand?
Apr 07, 2016 06:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The reactions of ANZ and Westpac management to recent legal actions by ASIC alleging manipulation of the BBSW benchmark are instructive of the attitudes of the major banks. ANZ wheeled out its Chief Risk Officer to...
Why claims that Scotland would save £1.5bn out of EU are disingenuous
Apr 07, 2016 05:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
When Scottish Vote Leave launched on April 5, it had an eye-catching claim. The Scottish governments annual budget would rise by 1.5 billion in the event of Brexit, we were told. It arrived at this figure by calculating...
Panama Papers: how Mossack Fonseca should manage its reputation crisis
Apr 07, 2016 05:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
The massive global reaction to the Panama Papers story is a classic example of an organisation, in this case Mossack Fonseca, facing a huge reputation crisis. And not just the law firm: we have already seen the resignation...
Whistleblowers and leak activists face powerful elites in struggle to control information
Apr 07, 2016 05:50 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Panama Papers have brought the powerful role of whistleblowers back into the public consciousness. Several years after WikiLeaks Cablegate and the Snowden revelations, the next big leak has not only caused the downfall...
Panama Papers will do little to dent the electoral ambitions of Le Pen and FN
Apr 07, 2016 05:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Marine Le Pen is among the latest prominent figures to be swept up in the Panama Papers scandal. But anyone hoping that this scandal can halt the rise of her far-right Front National movement has seriously underestimated...
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