How important is time to due diligence ?

How important is time to due diligence ?

In due diligence time is of the essence. Why is time such an inescapable element of due diligence ? A key principle of performing due diligence is that business delayed is business lost. Venture capitalists performing due diligence on investment targets know this too...
Cutting compliance costs with technology

Cutting compliance costs with technology

The cost of compliance is a perennial topic. HSBC is not alone in having years when compliance costs have climbed as profits fell. In one quarter alone of 2017 regulatory compliance costs rose by 12% to GBP 620 million. Part of that was the hire of an additional 1,800...
The lessons of diligence from Greensill

The lessons of diligence from Greensill

At least three official reports on matters related to Greensill have been published in July, namely an interim report by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, the Treasury Select Committee Report and thirdly the Nigel Boardman Independent...
Crypto trouble brewing

Crypto trouble brewing

The Colonial pipe-line ransomware attack earlier this year, and the FBI’s laudable success in recovering a large portion of the ransom paid, kept the focus on yo-yoing crypto currencies – whose year so far has been in Chaucer’s words, “Now up, now doun as boket...