Industry

Access to capital key for oil & gas companies

Growing pressures around cost and access to capital are setting the stage for a dynamic year of transaction activity in Canada’s oil and gas industry, with divestments taking on a greater strategic role, according to Ernst & Young.

By Staff |February 12, 2013

3 min read

SEC halts $150 million scheme targeting foreign investors

The SEC has announced charges and an asset freeze against a man who was allegedly defrauding foreign investors.

By Staff |February 12, 2013

2 min read

Safety rules hamper small U.K. banks

The new lending rules aimed to reform the U.K. banking sector are hurting small lenders who find themselves at a disadvantage compared to their bigger rivals. These rules insist banks use their loan databases to create internal models to measure the riskiness of individual loans, reports FT.com. Compliance to these rules is rewarded with lower […]

By Staff |February 12, 2013

1 min read

Tech takes over

Portfolio manager Andrea Horan backs smaller players

By Suzanne Sharma |February 12, 2013

6 min read