• Adults' fear of numbers turns young people off finance careers

    May 13, 2014

    A lack of understanding of financial services among parents and teachers, shaped by poor numeracy skills, is turning young people off a career in the sector, a CISI survey has concluded.

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  • City View: Getting to grips with risk

    May 7, 2014

    The script for City grandee Lord Myners’ furious walkout from the Co-operative Group last month could have been written a year ago by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), in a damning report on risk governance in finance – which still has resonance for many firms.

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  • Technology and crime shoot up the risk charts

    May 7, 2014
    The latest ‘Banana skins’ report on bank risk from the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation and PwC highlights growing back-office concerns.  George Littlejohn MCSI looks at the findings
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  • First Person - The hunt for Nakamoto

    May 7, 2014
    The search for the inventor of Bitcoin, the virtual currency that has become a global phenomenon, has reached fever pitch. Christopher Adams investigates
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  • Promoting ethical conduct in the capital markets

    May 6, 2014
    CISI Chairman Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI(Hon) speaks about the far reaching role of the CISI in the Middle East market
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  • View from Cyprus

    May 4, 2014
    A new system of corporate governance for banks is needed to change the sector for the better, says Petros Florides, Chartered FCSI.  Here Petros, Vice President of the CISI National Advisory Council in Cyprus, makes his case.
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  • New module on banking standards

    May 4, 2014
    In light of the high profile banking failures during the financial crisis, and the more recent LIBOR manipulation scandal, a Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards was set up.
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  • Right on cue

    May 2, 2014

    James Couch, Chartered MCSI, puts readers in the frame about his passion for pool and snooker.  Lora Benson reports.

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  • ‘Generation austerity’ faces tough challenges

    May 1, 2014
    As the UK finally emerges, blinking, from arguably the deepest economic crisis of the post-war era, the children of ‘Generation Austerity’ are beginning to surface.
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  • Scholarship success

    May 1, 2014

    Philip Firmin, Chartered MCSI of AJ Bell Securities is the first recipient of a new bursary, the Hoare Nairne Scholarship.

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