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Chairman of the ICAEW Insurance Committee Hitesh Patel reviews the challenges for the industry this year and next.

Financial Services Faculty Head Philippa Kelly reviews a challenging year for all and sets out a plan for 2021.

Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith writes an exclusive column for ICAEW’s Financial Services faculty every month. This month he tackles the ongoing use of Quantitative Easing (QE) in the UK economy.

Richard Andrews, ICAEW Risk and Regulation Committee Chair and Partner, KPMG, reviews 2020 and the work of the Committee.

Chris Finney, Partner at Fox Williams, asks whether the SMCR gives enough guidance on non-financial misconduct and if we need more instruction from the regulator.

ICAEW’s Investment Management Committee shares the following potential considerations which may help inform a professional judgement when making, auditing or otherwise reviewing a going concern assessment as part of 2020 year end reporting.

How far should the regulator go when banning people from working in finance because of criminal acts? Oliver Pegden, Amy Bird and Eleanor Matthew from Clifford Chance look at the issues.

Writing for the Financial Services Faculty, journalist Billy Bambrough examines the case for bitcoin as a major payment provider.

BBLS helped to save many businesses through this crisis but what does it mean for banks and lenders? ICAEW’s John Mongelard looks at the risk of bad loans, fraud and misconduct.

Risk consultant Clive Martin addresses the issue of risk management effectiveness disclosures in company reporting and gives some practical tips to manage the issue.