Despite a year of political turbulence, 2019 saw a continued growth in demand for IT professionals in the Fintech sector – with a 5.9% yearly rise in vacancies. That’s according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), the trade association for the recruitment sector.

The data, provided by business intelligence specialist Vacancysoft, shows that the Fintech sector continues ...

Protecting personal data is at the heart of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) but there remains confusion between gaining permissions to hold and process this data, and protecting it from theft or compromise. Guy Lloyd at CySure explains how understanding and protecting personal data is core to GDPR compliance.

Almost 2 years on from the introduction of the EU General Data Protection ...

Multinationals in countries with a territorial tax system are at an advantage according to new research from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and Erasmus School of Economics (ESE).

International taxation is an ongoing concern of policy makers around the world, however according to Dr Saskia Kohlhase of RSM and Dr Jochen Pierk from ESE a worldwide tax system reduces the inc...

Quotas to get more women into executive positions do not actually change legislation or policies around gender representation, finds new research from BI Norwegian Business School.

Benny Geys, Professor of Economics, and Rune Sørensen, Professor of Political Economy and Science, studied the long-term effects of executive gender quotas in Norway which had been in place for over 20 years. They...

AI and automation are changing the face of recruitment, but leaders remain sceptical of the capabilities and benefits of new technologies. That is according to the latest research from The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

61% of firms adopting new technologies

A recent survey by the trade association found that 61% of staffing firms are either currently utilising AI or aut...

A disconnect exists between the goals of Chief Data Officers (CDOs) within financial services organisations and their legal departments when it comes to repurposing data for secondary use, according to new research.

Based on the views of over 400 CDOs from multinational companies attending FIMA Europe 2019 (Europe's leading financial data management event) a new survey revealed that 90% of CD...

The American Chamber of Commerce in China ("AmCham China") has released the results of a flash survey that measures the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on its member companies. With over 150 companies responding to the survey, these results provide the first look at how the Chamber's members have been affected and what government measures they would most like to see.

As expected, t...

According to the latest whitepaper from global talent acquisition and management firm, Alexander Mann Solutions, to truly make strides towards a more desirable Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) state, businesses must adopt a three dimensional perspective towards diversity.

In the whitepaper, “Early careers recruitment: What are the opportunities from digitalisation, STEM and Diversity & Inc...

DLA Piper, a leading global business law firm, was the only firm to rank among the top five most active law firms for global deal volume in each of private equity, venture capital and M&A. This marks the third consecutive year that DLA Piper achieved this recognition.

According to PitchBook's 2019 global league tables report, DLA Piper ranked first in global M&A deal volume, third in...