Appointment of Head of Payments Settlements Department

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Sarah Harris has been appointed to the position of Head of Payments Settlements at the Reserve Bank of Australia. This position was previously held by Greg Johnston, who is now leading the program of work designed to strengthen the RBA’s payments infrastructure. Ms Harris will commence her new role on 13 November 2023. Ms Harris was

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FCA bans Geoffrey Armin for failures in advice given to British Steel Pension Scheme Members, with £200k to be paid in compensation

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Geoffrey Armin from advising customers on pension transfers and pension opt outs, and from holding any senior management function in a regulated firm. The FCA found that Mr Armin, while running Retirement and Pension Planning Services Limited (dissolved), was seriously incompetent when advising on defined benefit (DB) pension

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Financial regulator secures confiscation order against convicted CFO

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On 2 November 2023, Southwark Crown Court imposed a Confiscation Order of £355,369 against Timothy Coleman, former Chief Financial Officer of Redcentric Plc, following his convictions in February 2022 for false accounting and making misleading statements to the market. Mr Coleman is currently serving a 5 and a half year prison sentence for these offences.

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“Traveling with the Bank of Italy” in Venice: green transition and sustainability

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Siamo a Venezia l'8 e il 9 novembre per la decima tappa di "In viaggio con la Banca d'Italia" per parlare di cultura finanziaria, imprese e sostenibilità. Questi gli eventi in programma per mercoledì 8 novembre, entrambi a Palazzo Dolfin Manin, la Sede di Venezia della Banca d'Italia: "Piccole imprese, scelte grandi": alle 10.00, il

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The Bank of Italy makes the first set of banking microdata available for research

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Nell'ambito della strategia per l'ampliamento dell'offerta di informazioni per il pubblico, la Banca d'Italia rende per la prima volta disponibili per finalità di ricerca i microdati relativi ai bilanci delle istituzioni creditizie operanti in Italia. A fronte della presentazione di un progetto di ricerca sarà possibile utilizzare i dati relativi ai bilanci bancari individuali (IBBaSS)

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