Winners of the 23rd Awards For Achievement announced! March 18, 2021 23rd Awards For Achievement– Winners announced Women in Banking and Finance today held its 23rd Annual Awards for Achievement, marking its 40th anniversary while celebrating the achievements of four individuals and a team for their work promoting diversity and gender equality in banking and finance. With Citi as headline sponsor, hosted by Kate Thornton, broadcaster [...]
Why the network state is the next logical evolution to current forms of governance: Part 2… May 18, 2023 Dr Chris Kacher with his second instalment of 'The Network Web3/Blockchain/Money State' as he hails decentralisation.
Half of UK finance workers want career change due to pandemic, survey says August 27, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has caused workers in the UK finance industry to second-guess their career choice, with 44 per cent considering moving jobs, according to a new report. Among those City workers looking for a change, 13 per cent said they wanted to leave the sector altogether. That figure rose to 16 per cent for [...]
German regulator ‘files criminal complaint’ over manipulation at Greensill Bank March 3, 2021 The German financial regulator has reportedly filed a criminal complaint against Greensill Bank for suspected balance sheet manipulation. Bafin filed the complaint earlier today with prosecutors in Bremen where the bank’s headquarters are based, according to the Financial Times. It comes as part of an investigation into the firm’s balance sheet by KPMG which started [...]
Web3 metaverse growth is exponential November 17, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher explains how the community around a platform can co-create enabling the platform ecosystem to grow even stronger.
German audit watchdog head faces investigation over Wirecard share trading December 11, 2020 Head of German audit watchdog Apas Ralf Bose is facing an investigation after admitting buying and selling shares in Wirecard while the regulator was investigating the troubled payments firm. Bose, who has headed up German audit watchdog Apas since 2016 and is a former senior partner at KPMG, told a German parliamentary inquiry into [...]
Time to ditch the tech bros? Women-led fintechs are better investments, says KPMG May 4, 2019 A new report from KPMG has found that fintechs founded by women are more likely to be successful when compared with the industry average. The study, which looked at 91 fintech companies across the UK, found those that were founded or co-founded by a female achieved 113 per cent higher returns for investors. Read more: Banking [...]
Metaversal growing pains – the sky is just the beginning June 5, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher says the 50,000ft view of the prevailing trend suggests the sky is just the beginning for the metaverse.
City fears over delayed results grow due to new lockdown January 10, 2021 Financial watchdogs are on standby amid fears that a number of listed companies will not be able to report their results on time due to Covid-related disruption. The Sunday Times reported that a group of the regulators will release a statement within days telling firms to communicate quickly if they expect to have difficulty getting [...]
BT auditor highlights new accounting weaknesses June 8, 2020 The external auditor of BT has highlighted “material weaknesses” within the company’s financial reporting controls, in the latest upset to its accounting credibility. In a letter to the telecoms firm KPMG noted that BT “did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of 31 March, 2020 because of… material weaknesses related to general [...]