Banking & Finance

By Louisa Rochford Created by an unknown inventor under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in the world, established a decade ago in 2009. Since then, over 4,000 altcoins—or alternate…

The cryptocurrency industry is one of the most difficult to operate in. It is a brand-new industry that is constantly evolving by the day. This makes for a very exciting but incredibly challenging business. We have faced various external…

Ramphastos Investments is a venture capital and private equity firm which is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and its focus on driving top-line growth in enterprises at all stages of their evolution: from start-ups to scale-ups,…

The athletes that made it to the 2018 winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea are elite in their respective events, but none of them can say they got to where they are by going it alone. Turning an athlete into an Olympian requires…

On Thursday, the Bank of England voted unanimously to raise the interest rate to 0.75%, the highest it has been since the financial crash nearly 10 years ago. As consumers, businesses and institutions ran through the potential…

Robert Taylor is the CEO and General Counsel of 360 Law Group, the first law firm to offer consumers and businesses the choice of regulated or unregulated legal services under the same umbrella organisation. Fuelled by a global network of…

By Toby Hermitage, Tax Partner at Carter Backer Winter LLP One of the challenges we face today is passing on accumulated value in investment and property companies to the next generation tax efficiently. In many cases, the shares in…

Taxes never leave you. You have to pay them when you work and will continue paying them in retirement. Taxes in retirement are calculated on your income each year as you receive it, exactly the way it worked before you retired. Retirement…

A survey by Thomson Reuters of 2,300 global senior business leaders found that 47% have been victims of fraud, theft, money laundering or other financial crime in the past year. Now Syed Rahman, Senior Associate solicitor at Rahman…

Walker Morris is the largest single-site law office outside London, servicing a national and international client base. This strategy gives the firm the ability to deliver the strength in depth that clients require to deliver significant,…

The contracts for differences (CFD) trading market is a highly competitive market place and one which has historically received a bad reputation as a whole because of a few providers not acting responsibly. Whilst increased regulation in…

Banks are spending $20 billion on compliance in an effort to combat money laundering, yet only one% of illicit financial flows are seized by authorities every year. While regulations have been introduced to crack-down on money laundering,…