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CISI helping to fund academic CREST research

Oct 29, 2015

The CISI, together with BT, Euroclear, the SWIFT Institute and Travers Smith, is funding a unique research project into CREST, which will be conducted by B.I.S.S. Research, the City think tank that provides research on innovation in financial markets

Net assets value and materiality calculation

Oct 29, 2015

Security trading is all dependent on pricing. Gautam Joshi, having just completed the CISI’s Investment Operations Certificate (IOC), sheds light on how prices are calculated for collective investment schemes (CISs) and the meaning of material error

Learning from above

Oct 27, 2015

Six out of ten business leaders in the UK have been mentored, 97% of whom have benefited from the experience. Can your firm afford to miss out? Iona Bain explores further

CISI in discussion with GIFT City officials to provide globally recognised financial services qualifications

Oct 26, 2015

The CISI’s Country Head in India, Ganesh Iyer, formed part of a recent UKTI (UK Trade & Investment) delegation to Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Ahmedabad, with the goal of raising awareness of UK financial services bodies and connecting with local firms in the industry

Word on the web: The commodities crunch

Oct 23, 2015

Shareholders should brace themselves for a ‘dividend drought’ in 2016 as cuts in the commodity sector take hold, say insiders

Isle of Man dinner helps towards fundraising goal for new sports centre

Oct 22, 2015

The CISI’s Isle of Man branch annual dinner on Friday 16 October kept the ball rolling on a charity collection that began last year on behalf of the Ramsey Sports Trust – The Jan McElroy Community Sports Hall Project

Word on the web: Facebook under fire

Oct 16, 2015

Facebook is the latest global firm to come under scrutiny for tax avoidance – it is said to be paying less than the average UK worker

Board effectiveness in the UK – what does best practice look like?

Oct 14, 2015

The CISI's next timely masterclass for Fellows and Chartered Members looks at what makes for good board performance, four months before the dawn of the Senior Managers Regime – with Anthony Carey, Partner at international accounting firm Mazars

What’s the problem? A look at John Kay and John Plender’s latest books

Oct 13, 2015

Two books by two Johns pique the interest of George Littlejohn MCSI this month. And there’s a common theme: problems within financial services

Cyber attacks in numbers

Oct 13, 2015

From denials of service to Bitcoin ransom demands, we highlight some of the key numbers behind the cyber threats facing financial institutions