National Friendly has today (6 July) partnered with PRIMIS Mortgage Network, providing advisers with access to its suite of protection products. Advisers will now have access to the mutual’s income protection (IP), accident only income protection (AOIP) and Friendly Shield offerings – designed to provide flexible, affordable plans for customers who may not qualify for…
Key insight: Currency security is banking’s oldest technology problem, and today’s $100 bill still carries features that descend from the anti-counterfeiting Benjamin Franklin engineered into colonial notes by hand. Supporting data: By the end of the Civil War, nearly one-third of all U.S. currency in circulation was counterfeit, the Secret Service estimates. Forward look: Because…
The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Kathleen M. Hutchinson as Director of the agency’s Office of International Affairs (OIA). OIA advises the Commission on international policy matters, coordinates with foreign authorities across the globe to facilitate cross-border enforcement and supervisory cooperation and provides technical assistance. Ms. Hutchinson has served as OIA’s Acting Director since…
Keynote speech by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB, at the 7th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists Lisbon, 2 July 2026 In my speech today, I will talk about two factors that have recently contributed to inflation volatility and economic…
by Calculated Risk on 1/09/2026 10:34:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Housing Starts Decreased to 1.246 million Annual Rate in October A brief excerpt: Note: The Census Bureau is still catching up. They released Start data for September and October today, but we are still missing November data.…The third graph shows…
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As competition in the online trading industry grows, brokers are looking for faster and smarter ways to launch and scale their businesses. Building technology from scratch is becoming less practical, while demand for AI-powered tools, personalization and better user experiences continues to grow. Speaking with Adonis Adonis, News Editor at Finance Magnates, Demetris Makrides, Head…
Vancouver’s real estate board says the region saw increased activity in June as demand for all home types rose compared with the same month last year.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission today issued a joint request for public comment on potential approaches to further harmonize regulatory frameworks applicable to portfolio margining across securities, security-based swaps, futures, swaps, and related positions. The request for comment is intended to assist the agencies in evaluating whether greater coordination…
Baltimore-based Constellation Energy, a $90 billion company, generates electricity on a vast scale. And AI’s voracious appetite means that electricity is now becoming a very valuable commodity, and the companies that can generate it reliably, cleanly and at scale will see a lot more attention than they’re currently getting. Investors have re-priced entire industries, assuming…