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• Implications of Brexit for corporate treasury in the UK - Financial Director

  30-09-2018 23:21
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  Implications of Brexit for corporate treasury in the UK
  Financial Director
  Treasury functions will play a key role in enabling companies to weather the Brexit storm, says Greg Person, VP of Sales, UK & Ireland at treasury solutions provider Kyriba. by Greg Person | Kyriba - September 30, 2018. Brexit. On Friday 29 March 2019 ...
  
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• European banks consider leaving UK derivatives market - Financial Times

  30-09-2018 18:00
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  European banks consider leaving UK derivatives market
  Financial Times
  European banks are weighing up whether to begin closing out their trillions of pounds' worth of derivatives positions in London in the coming months as the UK struggles to finalise a political agreement to exit the EU. Concern is rising among senior ...
  
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• UK to send 800 troops to Arctic, cites concerns about Russia - Financial Post

  30-09-2018 16:53
  UK to send 800 troops to Arctic, cites concerns about Russia
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  LONDON — Britain's defence secretary says the U.K. plans to boost its military presence in the Arctic next year amid concerns about increasing Russian aggression. Gavin Williamson told The Sunday Telegraph that the government is preparing a “defence ...en meer »
  
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• ‘A fiver is the new quid’ – can the new Only5Pounds shop meet my Christmas shopping needs?

  30-09-2018 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Move over Poundland – a shop where everything costs £5 is trying to muscle in on the high street. But will its wares satisfy our writer’s family and friends?‘Hello darling, back again, still buying,” says Sharon, cheerfully, to Vinod, the manager at Only5Pounds in Northampton. It has only been open a week and this is the third time Sharon has been in. Today she is getting a dog bed; for her dog, obviously. It costs £5, also obviously, although people do still
  
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• UK's Johnson brands Theresa May's Brexit plan 'deranged' - Financial Post

  30-09-2018 14:13
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  UK's Johnson brands Theresa May's Brexit plan 'deranged'
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  LONDON — Ex-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has branded British Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for leaving the European Union “deranged,” fueling tensions as the ruling Conservative Party holds its annual conference. Johnson told the Sunday ...en meer »
  
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• Leftwing Brexiters want out from the 'transnational juggernaut' | Larry Elliott

  30-09-2018 12:59 via theguardian.com
  It’s easy to see why Corbyn and McDonnell are reluctant to put a remain option on a new ballotPolitics was once a simple affair. On one side were the lefties, unhappy with the status quo and agitating for something different. On the other side were the conservatives, suspicious of change. When it comes to Brexit, though, the natural order of things has been reversed. The right has come up with all sorts of visions – most of them dystopian – of Britain’s future outside the
  
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• How the IMF can manage the global economy better

  30-09-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Institution must strengthen its credibility as a responsive and effective leader – and listen to its membersImagine a world in which the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund were more client-driven. Ahead of the gathering – this year’s will take place in Indonesia in October – the IMF would solicit from its 189 member countries three key policy issues on which to focus, not only in official discussions but also in the numerous seminars that are held in paral
  
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• Ikea ruined my daughter’s surprise with late furniture delivery

  30-09-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I took time off to decorate her bedroom but the items did not arrive on timeI planned to decorate my 16-year-old daughter’s bedroom while she was in the US for a week. This involved room clearing, painting and floor installation. I ordered a set of furniture online from Ikea for just under £1,000 on 24 August to arrive on 29 August – this gave me two days to put it together before she got home. Payment was taken and delivery confirmed.Less than 24 hours before delivery was due,
  
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• Forget the pledges to act – London is still a haven for dirty Russian money | Oliver Bullough

  30-09-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com
  After Salisbury, the Tories said we would get tough on rich Russians. But billionaires are still coming and sanctions are nowhere to be seenBritain, we’re told, has a new policy on dirty Russian money. We are finally pulling the red carpet from under the feet of the rich Russians who have turned London into a private members’ club.This new “hostile environment” was trailed in February after the security minister, Ben Wallace, watched McMafia – “We know what th
  
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• UK companies more vulnerable to activist investors, data show - Financial Times

  30-09-2018 06:00
  Financial Times
  UK companies more vulnerable to activist investors, data show
  Financial Times
  Activist investors are flocking to the UK after the weak pound, strong shareholder rights and Brexit left British companies more susceptible to their campaigns. British companies were 39 per cent more likely to be targeted by an activist than ...
  
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