World Book Day: The best business books you need to read this year March 2, 2017 It’s World Book Day – and while the little ones dress up as their favourite book character, why not take it as an opportunity to indulge in some reading yourself? To help you get ahead, we’ve sourced some of the best business titles – to inspire you to get moving, help you solve problems, or [...]
Would you let your team wear slippers to work if it made them comfortable enough to take risks? March 2, 2017 You wake up late for work, jump out of bed, grab your keys and phone, and dash out the door. You’re half way down the street when you glance down and realise you’re still wearing your pyjamas. What to do? Run back and get your slippers. Bring your whole self “Bring your whole self to [...]
Here’s how we build P2P firms that actually service the poor March 2, 2017 Is payday lender Wonga the only alternative finance business that actually addressed credit demand among poor people? A regulatory crackdown on the industry has pushed the most disadvantaged in this country towards hire purchase firms, where they “buy” something on credit, sell it on almost immediately to obtain ready cash, then end up paying back [...]
Best job interview ever? New Zealand offers to pay for your whole trip if you’ll do a job interview in Wellington March 2, 2017 The fight for tech talent is heating up. New Zealand has well and truly raised the bar as officials in Wellington are after 100 of the best people possible to fill 100 tech jobs. To entice the talented from far and wide, they're offering to pay for people's trips to New Zealand from across the [...]
How Long Is the Investment Learning Curve? March 2, 2017 | City Talk Mistakes and disappointments are not unusual in the investment world. On the contrary, it is investment successes that are rare. Persistent boom-and-bust economic cycles underline the numerous unavoidable challenges that investment decision makers face. Moreover, professional investors rarely have a complete understanding of their own miscalculations or those of others. From poor analyst forecast accuracy [...]
City Moves for 2 March 2017 – who’s switching jobs? March 2, 2017 Today's City Moves cover commodities platforms, pensions and tourism. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Kynetix Matt Dolton has been appointed chief executive of Kynetix, a leading provider of platforms which connect financial markets to the physical economy. Matt is one of the co-founders of Kynetix and has been spearheading the company’s strategy [...]
Half of UK workplaces report mental health problems, according to the Institute of Directors (IoD) March 2, 2017 Over half of British employers (54 per cent) have been approached by staff suffering mental ill health, a new survey by the Institute of Directors (IoD) has revealed. Ninety eight per cent of business leaders surveyed said good mental health is important to the performance of their organisation. However, just 14 per cent have a formal mental health policy [...]
Man Group reports losses and lower performance fees March 1, 2017 Hedge fund Man Group disappointed investors with pre-tax losses of $272m for 2016 this morning, largely driven by accounting write downs at the company’s discretionary investments arm, GLG, and at FRM, Man’s fund of funds business. Performance fee revenues were down to $81m, compared to $302m in 2015, with declines across all divisions. The FTSE [...]
NCC chief exec Rob Cotton has stepped down after profit warnings March 1, 2017 Cyber security group NCC has announced chief exec Rob Cotton has stepped down today with immediate effect. The departure follows two recent profit warnings, and the group is now on the hunt for a new boss and a new chairman. Paul Mitchell, the current chairman, steps down at the end of May. The company recently appointed [...]
Why the robotic workplace will always have humans at its core March 1, 2017 Raising productivity levels is essential to delivering stronger economic growth. But in an age where anything and everything seems to have already been tried and tested, it can feel like a productivity increase requires bottomless funds paired with Herculean efforts. Not so. We think part of the solution is looking at where and how we [...]
