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The OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency), the largest US banking regulator, has provided new guidance for US banks to use...

Most of us were quite happy to see 2020 come to a close. Surely, 2021 will be better, right? Well, let’s just say that the change of year...

The McKinsey Global Banking Annual Review offers research and insights into the global banking industry. Their most recent report...

In whatever way you are able to celebrate Christmas this year: We hope you can enjoy some peaceful days with your loved ones and take a...

It’s Human Rights Day, the day that honors the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration...

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In a noteworthy address (video linked below), Rowan Atkinson, aka Mr. Bean, shares his imminent thoughts on the value and importance of...

While the western world has been focused on COVID-19, on the US presidential election - which may or may not have been fraught with...

With the 2020 US presidential election still being contested by President Trump and his legal team, it makes a lot of sense to look at...

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The Bridgewater team has put out an interesting Special Report on gold, which you will find worth your time to read. With their 'perspective

According to the IMF, the pandemic response by governments around the world will drive up global public debt to a new record high. In aggreg

We all know that polling is an imprecise science, if not more of an art. After the last US election in 2016, everyone recognized that polls

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Our latest Special Report, “On the Brink of a New Era – Are You Prepared?” was published recently and we have clearly already hit a nerve.