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The democratisation of finance for clean-tech

Crowdfunding can give clean technology companies quick access to cheap capital, argues Irene Maffini, New Ventures Manager at The Carbon Trust.

King of the banking world: UK governor chairs back-slapping panel of global central bankers

Earlier this week, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King convened a panel of his high-profile friends to discuss the lessons that economists should learn from the global financial crisis.

Has state intervention in banking gone too far?

In the opening of his book, Lombard Street, Walter Bagehot remarked that he would not pass comment on Peel's Banking Act of 1844 as it was still too controversial to discuss.

Crunch time for the ECB: Should it go for growth or push for safety?

Something is very wrong in Europe; unemployment floats near all time highs in the history of the single currency and the euro zone’s economic growth remains meagre at best.

Closing the communication gap: How institutional investors are building risk-aware cultures

It will hardly come as a surprise that a survey we publish today shows that institutional investors—that is, asset owners like insurers and pension funds, asset managers, and intermediaries like fund platforms and consultants—have become more risk-aware since the global financial crisis.

Closing the communication gap: How institutional investors are building risk-aware cultures

It will hardly come as a surprise that a survey we publish today shows that institutional investors—that is, asset owners like insurers and pension funds, asset managers, and intermediaries like fund platforms and consultants—have become more risk-aware since the global financial crisis.

All tied up? Insurers say regulation is making it more difficult to meet consumers' needs

The insurance industry has not suffered the same reputation-damaging scandals as the banking industry, however, for some consumers, as insurers are financial institutions they have been tarred with the same brush – and need to prove their worth.

Gaining momentum

Key findings from the research are as follows:

  • The waiting game is over
  • Cost is the key
  • Adoption heralds sweeping organisational change
  • Insurers see mixed benefits
  • Boardroom understanding of change is low
  • Standards are better for investors
  • Global framework proves elusive

Insurers and society

Rethinking risk in a more uncertain world

Key findings include:

  • Insurers see positive short-term effects of QE and looser monetary policy.
  • Divergent monetary policy and the potential negative long-term effects of QE worry insurers.
  • Insurers are planning to raise their risk exposure in search of higher yield.
  • Insurers are changing the composition of their risk assets.
  • Insurers are struggling to find a good home for their increased cash holdings.
  • Challenged liquidity is making it difficult to access the fixed income markets.

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