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97% of Financial Firms Don’t Think Enough Has Been Done to Prevent Future Crash

Furthermore, just 12 per cent of respondents believe that regulators fully understand how the financial crisis happened in the first place.

35% of financial services execs support criminal charges for reckless bankers

More than a third (35%) of global financial services professionals working in banks, asset management and hedge funds believe that executives should be held criminally liable for the actions of staff.

A world economy on the brink of fracture by Jeremy Warner

What will happen in 2014? The Chinese economy will slow; the price of oil will sink; Germany will slide into recession; the EU will remain intact and the internet will begin to Balkanise

Africa still has much to do to boost financial inclusion, report finds

AFRICA may be the second fastest-growing region, after Asia, but it lags the world in financial inclusion, according to a report from the African Development Bank.

Even if Bitcoin fails, cryptocurrencies are here to stay

Is paper money headed for obsolescence, swept aside by the meteoric rise of Bitcoin?

Index Winners and Losers for the Year & a 'PC' Christmas celebration by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Now to read the words of the wise

Emerging markets: Zim must take heed

The occasion, which took place over two days in what may safely be described as South Africa’s tourism capital, gave an insight into what may eventually be the investment pattern in Africa’s emerging markets.

Investment banker turned pizza maker 'gets Nairobi naked'

Back in 2011, Doshi, an investment banker whose career had taken him to London, New York and Amman, returned to his native country Kenya to visit his parents

Market integrity a key concern for investment professionals

Respondents in China are the most cautious, with only 48% expecting the global economy to expand in the coming year.

Investors advised to embrace collective investment schemes

There are those that focus on money market while there are those with combination of both markets. With this, investors have the opportunity to decide which to invest in unlike direct buying of one stock,' he said.

Interview: Padraig Carmody, author of The Rise of the BRICS in Africa

There are a couple of things that separates China from the other countries. The first one is the scale of engagement.

Africa’s Equity Market Performance Outpaces Emerging Markets – Analysts

The performance of Africa’s equity market has been solid during 2013; equalling or outperforming emerging markets as robust economic reforms continues to foster the growth of local companies, which eventually become buyers and sellers of equity. Da

Why Bitcoin Will Never Be a Currency—in 2 Charts

Bitcoin could be Paypal 2.0, but it will never be the dollar 2.0. Not when prices would have had to fall 98.5 percent the past year if they'd been set in terms of Bitcoin.

Coutts Views - investment outlook for 2014

Potential opportunities for hedge funds and for UK commercial property

‘Why African Attracts More Foreign Investments’

An international finance expert and top executive of Nedbank of South Africa, Mr. Dennis Dykes, has explained why Africa would continue to attract more foreign investment than other regions in the world.

Kenya At 50 -Economic Overview - High ambition needs dose of reality

This failure can partly be attributed to a combination of poor governance and a high level of corruption.

Old Mutual targets investments in country’s economy

Speaking at the conference, which was part of the 2013 Emerging Markets Roadshow, Rojie Kisten, Head, Capital Raising, Infrastructure and Impact Funds of Old Mutual Investment, said: “The group is looking at helping to grow Ghana’s infrastruct

Old Mutual to launch $100m Nigeria fund

Old Mutual plans to derive a good return on investment from the need for energy and proper transport infrastructure in the fast growing West African country.

World Bank: Emerging market investment to fall

Foreign direct investment into emerging markets should decline next year because of persistent concerns about the global economy

Goldmark: Nelson Mandela focused on the horizon

A generous and principled giant has died.

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