Sustainable accounting

NFU Blog 2015-05-06NFU Blog I was made aware of a very interesting piece of work recently, that got me to thinking: How can we get the financial sector to take underlying but unacknowledged sources of capital – social and human – into account? Sources of capital that...

Finance and the X-factor

NFU Blog 2015-05-05NFU Blog Flash. Late November 2014, Brussels. I am at the European Banking Federation’s annual conference. Frederic Oudea, incoming President of the organisation holds a keynote address and says: “Financial institutions depend on client...

What’s the latest on pensions and insurance?

NFU Blog NFU Blog When writing this I am at the airport in Frankfurt after attending a conference on insurance and pensions issues in Europe. What strikes me is that these two agendas are some of the ‘last’ to finish from the big regulatory wave in the EU. Many of the...

Using the Nordic potential

NFU Blog NFU Blog The Nordic team won the winter Olympic medal league in grand style. 39 medals in total, well over USA’s 25. A Nordic Olympic team would for sure have a great potential.Although it is tempting, I am not suggesting that the Nordic Union should be...

NFU supports bank employees in Italy

NFU News 2013-10-31NFU News An article in the LA Times describes financial industry lobbyists’ incessant pressure on lawmakers implementing the financial reform bill in the US. Having failed to block financial reform, the industry is now focused on the next best...