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What my roofer can teach the CMA and FCA about behavioural economics Could encouraging consumers to shop around by prompting them to do so actually increase trust and reduce shopping around and switching? My roofer certainly seems to think so,…
Real bonuses paid out for fake profits still abound in banking To paraphrase an old joke from Sir Eddie George, the former Governor of the Bank of England – there are three types of bank shareholders – those who can…
The top 10 retail banking scandals: 70 billion reasons why shareholders must play a greater role in changing bank culture In November 2014, New City Agenda published the first comprehensive study into the efforts that retail banks were undertaking to…
EVENT: Antony Jenkins, Barclays CEO (2012-2015) – “Turning Values into Value: Why the financial system must continue to reform itself” A transcript of this event is available here. Thursday 5th May 2016, 9am-10.15am, Committee Room 14, House of Commons “Turning Values…
EVENT: Rhydian Lewis, CEO of peer-to-peer lender RateSetter – “The Cost of Certainty” Wednesday 20th April, 9am-10.15am, Committee Room 14, House of Commons New City Agenda is delighted to invite you to: The Cost of Certainty A talk by Rhydian Lewis,…
Event: Professor John Kay – “Other People’s Money: Masters of the Universe or Servants of the People” A Transcript of this event is available here. Tuesday 15th March, 9am-10.15am, Committee Room 14, House of Commons New City Agenda is delighted…
EVENT: Martin Wolf: The Shifts and the Shocks: What we’ve learned – and still have to learn – from the financial crisis Wednesday 27th January, 9am-10am, Committee Room 10, House of Commons New City Agenda is delighted to invite you…
EVENT: Sir Martin Sorrell – “Consolidation, Collaboration and Creativity: 3 Current Pre-Occupations” Tuesday 20th October 2015, 9.00am-10.00am, Committee Room 9, House of Commons New City Agenda is delighted to invite you to Consolidation, Collaboration and Creativity: 3 Current Pre-Occupations A…
Taxing banks: Budget changes shift burden from large systemically important international banks to challenger banks and those funded through retail deposits Changes to bank taxation in the Budget increase the burden on challenger banks and fail to take into account…
EVENT: Professor Anat Admati – “What’s Wrong With Banking and What to Do About it” Thursday 10th September, 8.45am-10.00am, Committee Room 10, House of Commons New City Agenda is delighted to invite you to What’s Wrong With Banking and What…