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Retailer overdrafts jump by a third

Yet more concerning information about the struggling UK retail sector. The value of UK retailers’ overdrafts has jumped by 33% from £8.2bn to £10.9bn in the last year alone, says Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC), a London-based specialist debt adviser.

RSRCHXchange adds analyst interaction functionality

As the global market for investment research continues to unbundle post-markets in financial instruments directive II (MiFID II), RSRCHXchange reports that it has built upon its strength as an aggregator and marketplace for written research by adding a suite of functionality for other research services.

From Pillars to Pariahs a good read

Bankers: from Pillars to Pariahs

Author: Ian Peacock

Publisher: Novum Pro

Pp: 132

ISBN:978399064269-6

Further to my earlier interim review of this slim volume, I have to say it is a pretty good and very readable history of the financial industry from the 1950s to today. Despite the continuing sloppiness of editing.

A decent addition to anyone's financial library, even if I can't see a price on it...

 

Bankers: from Pillars to Pariahs

Bankers: from Pillars to Pariahs

Author: Ian Peacock

Publisher: Novum Pro

Pp: 132

ISBN:978399064269-6

I asked for a review copy because I enjoy reading a good financial history, having spent my entire professional life around international financial services in one way or another, and because I had read a positive review in either The Times or The Sunday Times a weekend or so earlier.

ECSDA consults on draft settlement fail framework

The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) has now made available the draft version of its future ECSDA Settlement Fail Penalties Framework (the Framework).

Sluggish UK growth to keep Bank of England cautious

UK interest rates are likely to remain unchanged until the autumn as new monthly gross domestic product (GDP) data show a small pick-up in growth, comments Schroders' senior European economist, Azad Zangana.