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Yolt: A revolution in openĀ finance

11/2/2020

 
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User experience has been at the heart of recent progress in how financial services are delivered. Open banking allows account holders to share financial data securely with, and initiate payments through, a range of useful apps and personalised services. Since its launch in 2018 expectations of what can be delivered have heightened.
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While open banking has already transformed what banks and financial technology companies can offer, customers now expect more: they want a powerful experience that puts them at the centre and reflects their entire financial life.
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Deloitte: Media IP management amid high disruption

10/1/2020

 
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Media companies have an enormous opportunity to capitalize on the intangible assets they create. For conglomerates, ongoing management and critical assessment of their complex intangible assets - against established and disruptive rivals - is essential to ensure necessary protection and monetization. 
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The Times: Delivering powerful customer experiences on cut costs

9/15/2020

 
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Pandemic-related budget cuts, amid ever-increasing expectations from buyers, are forcing organisations to urgently re-examine how they run customer service. Process mining is enabling companies across the globe to highlight hidden inefficiencies in the ways they operate, and empower rapid improvement.
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The Sunday Times: Pandemic insurers and policyholder support

6/20/2020

 
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The insurance industry could face a public relations disaster if it maintains an across-the-board stance of rejecting claims under business interruption policies during the coronavirus pandemic. The situation appears to be worsening thanks to the actions of several firms that have clear terms including pandemic coverage, but which are nevertheless refusing to pay apparently valid claims.
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The Sunday Times: Brands hold the key to fast rebound from Covid-19

5/26/2020

 
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The coronavirus crisis has created an acutely uncertain environment for businesses. Many are using physical assets to access the working capital needed to survive. But what about businesses whose rapid growth is driven by intangible assets?
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Corporates and the urgent need for sanctions compliance

5/5/2020

 
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Sanctions have long been a serious concern for banks. However, they are now being applied more regularly  across a variety of industries. Breaking them can quickly lead to heavy fines, export bans, denial of access to the US banking system, reputational damage, and severe supply chain disruption. Individuals involved risk criminal charges.
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Deloitte: How IFRS 9 changes banking

4/2/2020

 
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Amidst great macroeconomic uncertainty during the coronavirus outbreak, banks are also facing immense pressure from stringent regulations. Among the most pressing and potentially impactful of these regulations is IFRS 9. Institutions must now spot signs of danger in their loan portfolios at a much earlier stage, requiring deep operational and strategic changes.
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The Sunday Times: A corporate bond market open to everyone

3/3/2020

 
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The last major financial marketplace to be transformed by technology is the corporate bond market, but a new online trading venue is now providing access to fixed income in affordable sizes.
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This sudden liberalisation of the main corporate bond markets amounts to something of a revolution. While in the UK, 53 per cent of pension investments go into bonds, direct investment by individual investors in corporate bonds remains negligible. With equity trading becoming more volatile, access to corporate bonds gives investors a means to buy in to established companies with reliable returns.
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Deloitte: The growing impact of data in pharmaceutical services

2/17/2020

 
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A significant shift is gathering momentum in the Life Sciences and Healthcare industry. Return on investment from late‐stage pipelines in Big Pharma is at an all‐time low. The pressure to increase returns is driving a sharpened focus on reducing time to market. Faster drug development is being enabled through advances in data capture and analytics. ​
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Sunday Times: The personal investment opportunities enabling consistent growth

11/25/2019

 
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Causes for concern within the global economy are currently in plentiful supply, including the constantly talked-about threat of a deeper global downturn, Brexit uncertainties, the US-China trade war and different regional tensions.

There are, nonetheless, plenty of good opportunities available for savvy individuals, ranging from new areas of investment to companies that are democratising access to growth products.
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