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Three advisers banned for non-financial crimes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... individuals comes after Megan Butler, executive director of supervision (investment and wholesale) wrote to the House of Commons outlining that the FCA views sexual harassment as misconduct which can drive poor culture in the financial services industry. ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... Conservatives won 365 seats -- majority of 80 seats, the largest since the 1987 polls - in the UK's 650-seat House of Commons. Assuming WAB passes the upper house, which it would, the UK will be formally out of the EU on January 31 this year before ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... Conservatives won 365 seats -- majority of 80 seats, the largest since the 1987 polls - in the country's 650-seat House of Commons. This gives the prime minister a strong mandate to negotiate a (hard or soft) Brexit deal with the EU by the end of ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons on her Brexit deal with the EU produced the same result - a rejection. The only consolation was the 13th of March vote was ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... survived the vote of no confidence immediately called after the crushing defeat of her proposed Brexit deal in the House of Commons); so is the US government shutdown (now on a record fourth week); so is the ongoing Sino-US trade negotiations; and so ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... divorce deal overnight hasn't rattled the global share markets, but investment experts remain cautious. The House of Commons rejected May's proposed exit strategy by an overwhelming majority: 432 voted 'no' and 202 voted 'yes.' ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... unity. The (dis)United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May and her proposed Brexit deal lost big time in the House of Commons by a record 230 votes - 432 against and 202 for. Now May faces a no-confidence vote and although she's again expected ...
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