Investment banking - a "sin" business?
Most private equity funds are prohibited from investing in so-called sin businesses, i.e. companies involved in activities that are...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Visionary Leadership
This morning I read, with great interest, an article on Leadership published by Said Business School. They found that for organisations...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Conscious Capitalism
There seems to be a move to conscious capital, as the aging of the population in the vast majority of nations in the world today raises...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
Affordability - Part 2
Further to our blog on 2 August, the FCA has introduced regulations which require lenders to assess affordability more rigorously. This...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
Affordability
It is acknowledged that consumer credit plays an important role in society and is a largely beneficial activity, enabling borrowers to...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Executive pay and Inequality
Great article by Bob Rose in the Business Day yesterday on Executive Pay. Good to see steps being taken to reduce the discrepancy between...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 5, 2020
- 3 min
#Exponentialleadership #SingularityU
I was fortunate enough to attend the #SingularityU PPS members forum recently. It was probably the most inspirational and professionally...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 4, 2020
- 1 min
Our latest investment - Payflex
We are extremely proud to announce our latest investment in POS finance startup Payflex. Payflex allows the consumer to shop now and pay...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
When financial inclusion becomes financial exclusion
As set out in my blog on financial inclusion on 6 May, financial inclusion is the adoption, usage and sustainability of financial...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min
Evolutionary economics
https://www.inclusiveaccounting.com/single-post/2017/09/04/An-age-of-economic-soul-searching This article suggests dumping GDP as the...
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Chris Lister-james
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
Financial inclusion
In BCG's most recent Sustainable Economic Development Assessment, SA, scored relatively poorly - ranking 149th out of 162 countries - in...
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