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December 2010/January 2011: Regulars Contents
Professionalism “The credibility of any set of standards gains strength precisely because it’s voluntarily agreed, policed and enforced by the practitioners themselves. That’s professionalism.” SIMON THOMPSON hails an historic initiative.
News round-up Trends, views and happenings in banking and financial services.
Keeping customers* The banking industry is looking brighter, according to TOM FAICHNIE of Campbell Dallas. But how has the environment changed?
Popular loans* More and more businesses are turning to Asset Based Lending to supplement their general working capital, says Semple Fraser’s ALEX INNES.
Dangerous truths Cheryl’s dilemma is how to write an honest reference for a long-serving but lazy colleague she’s frankly glad to see departing. BOB SOUSTER examines the ethical issues.
Plutocrats v.democrats We may live in free market social democracies, agrees ROGER STEARE, but Big Business is still a feudal plutocracy “run by the wealthy management elite for the wealthy management elite”.
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