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Research Methodology

Interview with Mark Hesketh, UK finance director, Standard Life

We interviewed Mark Hesketh, UK finance director at Standard Life, and asked him how insurance firms are using new technologies across their business

Insurance regulation: Unpleasant but necessary

In the run-up to the Insurance Summit on February 27th in London, industry experts scheduled to speak at the event share their views on the important challenges and opportunities facing the industry. Amanda Blanc, Chief Executive of AXA Insurance, Commercial Lines and Personal Intermediary, explains her views on regulation.

Impact finance: Achieving better social outcomes through financial innovation

In the winter of 2012 some 130 residents of Sunderland, a city in the north-east of England, died because they couldn’t afford to use their home heating.

How customers are now calling the shots in retail banking

By most accounts it’s a good time to be a retail bank customer in Europe, particularly so in the UK.

Dear financial services regulator…

Dear financial services regulator…

Could regulation overshoot its target?

In the run-up to the Insurance Summit on February 27th in London, industry experts scheduled to speak at the event share their views on the important challenges and opportunities facing the industry. Bart De Smet, Chief Executive Officer of Ageas, explains his views on regulation.

The search for growth 2013

Research Methodology 

The survey questioned 730 executives worldwide. The respondents were based primarily in North America (29%), Asia-Pacific (29%), and Western Europe (26%), with the rest from the Middle East and Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. While the largest number of respondents came from the US (22%), 7% came from the UK and Canada, 5% from India, and 4% from each of the following countries: Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, South Korea, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. In total, investors and executives from 73 countries responded to the survey.

Room to improve: Better banks need better innovation

Facing low interest rates, deleveraging, recurring scandals and increasing capital requirements, banks have struggled in recent years.

Long or short (trousers): What to wear when you are a hedgie being heckled by G8 protesters

Soon the global round of angry G8 street protests will descend on London.

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