Simon Howard, chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), talks to Blue & Green Tomorrow about the key investment risks – and...
The House of Lords will debate amendments to the financial services bill on Tuesday, with some focusing on reforming the banking sector following recent scandals and...
Barclays has admitted to launching a probe into its foreign exchange trading operations. The bank, which was also implicated in the Libor scandal, faces further damage...
Something that most people can agree on is that banking culture has to change, but a fresh perspective is needed, writes a graduate analyst working at...
Some 2,436 City bankers received annual wages in excess of £870,000 in 2011, according to the European Banking Authority (EBA), as the row over excessive pay...
The recent financial crisis laid bare the problems of our current capitalist economy, which is increasingly dominated by financial interests. Investments in the real economy are...
Leading economists are failing to account for ecosystem services such as climate change, water scarcity and pollinator fall off, because of the inherent short-term nature of...
Sustainable finance institution Ecology Building Society has revealed that it increased its net profits by 8% in 2012 – a figure that comes just two weeks...
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a coalition of some of the world’s foremost values-driven banks, has released the Berlin declaration – a three-step...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) revealed it made a £5.17 billion pre-tax loss in 2012 – more than three times the £1.2 billion it lost...
In the UK, there are nearly 18m joint accounts, representing over a third of all accounts open. But do you and your partner really love the...
After a year to forget in 2012, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins appears intent on restoring the bank’s Quaker principles of honesty, integrity and plain-dealing. Will...
In 2009, business secretary Vince Cable said, “Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will pay penalties totalling over £390m to three regulators for its role in fixing the Libor rate, it was revealed...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) could almost match the expected amount it will be fined for its part in the Libor scandal in funding for...