The Victor Finance Blog

While the front-page headlines may be all about Brexit (and indeed Brexit is also making headlines in the financial section), for the asset-management industry, the current wave of mergers and [...]

Although other matters, most notably Brexit, have long since pushed it off the front pages, when it was first published the gender pay gap was extensively covered in the mainstream media and even [...]

A few years ago “Deal or No Deal” was just a cheerful family gameshow.  Now it’s a pressing question with all kinds of implications for just about every area of life in the UK.  Here is [...]

A glance at the performance of the major stock indices in 2018 shows that volatility was a common theme. US equities followed an upward – although somewhat choppy – trajectory from [...]

Up until very recently, we had autumn statements and spring budgets.  Thanks to Philip Hammond, it’s now the other way round and it’s tempting to wonder whether this may have been because he [...]

With Brexit less than a month away and no deal signed at time of writing, even the most optimistic remainers have to accept that a no-deal Brexit is, at least, a distinct possibility if not a [...]

If success were measured in media coverage then Bitcoin would arguably be the most successful payment method in the world.  Unfortunately for Bitcoin, it isn’t, especially when the media [...]

It can seem that everywhere and every time you look, long-established processes are being converted from analogue to digital and the financial-services industry is very clearly at the forefront [...]

Anyone who has paid attention to the news over recent years will doubtless have noticed that regulators of all kinds are pushing hard for businesses to demonstrate maximum transparency towards [...]

The new tax year begins on the 6th of April each year, a time of year when many people are in the mood for a general clean up of their lives from spring cleaning their homes to decluttering their [...]