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Spanish securities regulation: Q&A with Sebastián Albella of the CNMV

May 17, 2017

Sebastián Albella, executive chairperson of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) in Spain, has given a boost to the Spanish securities regulator since he arrived in late 2016, both in proactive regulation and in measures to welcome financial services firms from the City considering a post-Brexit move to Madrid. He chats to Karina Robinson, CEO, Robinson Hambro

Last word: A lesson from the past about predicting the future

May 16, 2017

If the demise of Equitable Life taught us anything, it’s that predicting the future is one thing, but knowing how to respond to it is quite another, says The Review columnist Andrew Davis

A pivotal year for planners

May 15, 2017

Jacqueline Lockie CFP^TM Chartered FCSI, deputy head of financial planning at the CISI, reflects on how significant developments in 1992 have affected the financial planning profession today

Review of Financial Markets: Q2 2017

May 15, 2017

The Q2 2017 edition of the RoFM, edited by George Littlejohn MCSI, senior adviser to the CISI, features research and analysis related to wealth management, capital markets and banking

The fixer

May 12, 2017

Barclays is the sixth turnaround for John McFarlane FCSI. He hopes his operational and cultural changes will place it at the heart of the world’s most competitive global financial centre
by Eila Madden

People: Combining City and coast

May 12, 2017

Tim Hughes, Chartered MCSI, speeds along the Thames every month to save everyone from dog walkers to distressed naturalists
by Lora Benson

Word on the web: Cryptocurrencies climb higher

May 12, 2017

Across the board, cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum are at an all-time high
by Sally Abbotts

Change: buy-side asset managers – regulatory developments May 2017

May 11, 2017

Gerard Dique MCSI, senior compliance officer at AXA Investment Managers Real Assets (UK Compliance), with the help of his intern Alexis Vanchieri, outline some important topical points

A profession evolves

May 11, 2017

After two-and-a-half decades of exciting – and often tumultuous – change, the UK’s financial services sector is a great deal more professional. Anthony Hilton FCSI(Hon) sets the macro scene, while CISI CEO Simon Culhane, Chartered FCSI; Sir Alan Yarrow, Chartered FCSI(Hon); Scott Dobbie CBE FCSI(Hon) and Graham Ross Russell FCSI(Hon) consider the CISI’s own development

Grey matters ethical dilemma: Creative accounting? The verdict

May 10, 2017

Read the CISI's verdict on the ethical dilemma in the January 2017 edition of The Review