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An overview of news, trends and research in Finance consulting in the UK:

London wrests financial hub title from New York London has reclaimed its crown as the financial hub of the world, less than one year before the culmination of Brexit negotiations.
21 June 2018
Despite benefits UK companies slow to adopt zero-based budgeting New research has shown that companies are reinvesting millions saved from zero-based initiatives into new growth.
18 June 2018
Blockchain innovation for sustainability can earn €1 million EIC prize The European Innovation Council has launched a prize fund for blockchain innovators looking to use the technology to promote sustainability.
06 June 2018
Air Partner appoints interim finance boss after accounting failure Following the resignation of former CFO Neil Morris, after an accounting error in the region of £4 million, professional services firm Air Partner has been searching for a replacement.
22 May 2018
Management consultancy Axis Corporate partners with FinTech firm Aicura Challenger banks increasingly putting traditional institutions under pressure with agile operational models, however they should not be blindsided to further digital transformation in order to mainta
10 May 2018
Bovill launches blockchain and cryptocurrency offering London headquartered consultancy Bovill has announced a new blockchain and cryptocurrency offering, as the firm looks to take advantage of a boom in demand for consultants in the sector.
09 May 2018
FRC mulls KPMG investigation over Conviviality auditing KPMG could face investigation by the Financial Reporting Council over its role in the collapse of Conviviality.
01 May 2018
Data analytics to become a game changer for internal audit According to a new white paper, data analytics is becoming a game changer for the internal audit profession.
25 April 2018
Accenture, Cognizant, Deloitte and Synechron support top blockchain consortium Leading consultancies have thrown their support behind the world’s largest open source Blockchain consortium.
25 April 2018
Big Four pull trigger on Initial Coin Offerings advisory services Responding to client demand, the Big Four consulting firms are finally pulling the trigger on years of accumulated digital currency expertise.
23 April 2018
Elixirr and Kaizen to aid financial institutions transaction reporting compliance Last year, almost two thirds of transactions reported by financial institutions were incorrect, resulting in fines from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), while firms were unaware of these inaccu
29 March 2018
Treasury committee pressures City firms over gender diversity The UK’s Treasury Select Committee has sent letters to 33 financial services firms yet to sign up to the Women in Finance Charter.
16 February 2018
Synechron partners with Solidatus to deliver data visualisation for financial services Consulting firm Synechron have confirmed a partnership with software solutions innovator Solidatus, to deliver data visualisation offerings to clients in the financial services sector.
02 February 2018
Value of Initial Coin Offerings market breaks through $4 billion barrier According to a new report, the total value of Initial Coin Offerings has breached the barrier of $4 billion globally.
29 January 2018
Blockchain a game changer for banks looking to 'Know Your Customer' Blockchain technology could become a game changer for Know Your Customer compliance, according to experts from Synechron. Consultancy.
22 January 2018
Cautious investors eye long-term vision and strategy over short-term risks Investors are increasingly bearish on the back of equity market overvaluations and, among others, low TSR expectations, according to new research.
02 January 2018
UK government selects 30 firms for £690 million financial consultancy framework 30 consulting firms have been selected by the UK government as preferred suppliers for financial consultancy work.
18 December 2017
FCA report criticised by investment consultants during CMA probe The world’s biggest investment consultants have continued to fight on against a full-blown competition probe in the UK.
05 December 2017
UK companies on board with gender pay gap reporting legislation New gender pay reporting legislation has come into force in the UK, requiring companies with more than 250 employees to yearly release statutory calculations showing how large the pay gap is between
04 December 2017
Small and medium businesses improve working capital performances Small and medium sized businesses have improved their working capital performance, with cash-to-cash days for the segments falling by 0.9% and 4.5% respectively.
08 November 2017
Jihed Hannachi to head European office for axefinance axefinance, an international provider of credit process automation solutions, has opened a new office in Amsterdam.
04 October 2017
With less crisis around, demand for chief restructuring officers stablises The number of industry experts predicting Chief Restructuring Officers gaining relevance has fallen for the first time in three years.
28 September 2017
Addressing the European requirements for ESG and citizenship reporting The EU’s Non-Financial Reporting Directive requires around 6,000 large European companies to report annually on their sustainability performance.
19 September 2017
PA Consulting partners with Stockholm Fintech Hub for innovation UK-based PA Consulting Group (PA) and Stockholm Fintech Hub have joined forces to support FinTechs, banks, regulators and investors in the Swedish Financial Services sector.
11 September 2017
Big Four and Capgemini dominate best FinTech and InsurTech reports FinTech and InsurTech are causing massive disruption among their relevant sectors, as agile new start-ups utilise new technology to challenge long-term market incumbents.
06 September 2017
Financial Services can learn from unbundling strategies in aviation In order to fully understand the true implications and consequences of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), the financial services (FS) sector should look to other areas to lear
01 September 2017
Treasury departments increasingly expected to provide strategic direction Treasury departments at are increasingly being relied upon for strategic insight.
24 August 2017
Financial services industry increasingly eyeing diversity and inclusion In a new report from PwC the consulting firm explores how the financial services sector is rising to the challenge of improving diversity within its ranks.
18 August 2017
FCA selects Cognizant as partner to transform technology portfolio The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has selected Cognizant to support with the enhancement of the efficiency, reliability and scalability of core IT applications.
17 August 2017
The fundamentals of cryptocurrency Ethereum explained by Sia Partners Cryptocurrencies are not just booming but also diversifying, with today over 1,000 different currencies available in the marketplace.
16 August 2017
Are asset managers still walking the variation margining tightrope? Anyone wondering how the buy-side is getting on with variation margining? Remember all the speculation about how any firm missing the March 1st EMIR deadline could have certain derivatives trades shut down?
16 August 2017
Blockchain technology is not just for financial services If global supply chains are to gain the full benefit of blockchain technology for managing payments and related data, all parties that play a role in global trade must be involved, writes Alexander v
24 July 2017

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