As the economy recovers, too many companies are losing their focus on capital management.
The latest figures on corporate cash holdings from REL Consulting indicate both good and bad news when it comes to companies’ management of their working capital. On the positive side, corporate cash balances have grown. In fact, cash holdings at the U.S.’ [...]
Remuneration is back in the press, with proposals to make shareholder votes binding. Though the latest proposals aren’t specifically about the pay of bankers, it’s pretty clear that it is banker remuneration that most irks the public. People feel that bankers earned a lot of money as a reward for losing a lot of money [...]
Britain’s biggest healthcare insurer, BUPA, and biggest private hospital group, BMI Healthcare, have fallen out over rising costs in a row that some policyholders describe as “an absolute disgrace”. BUPA claims BMI is charging 20pc more than competing hospitals “despite offering no better quality or service” and has now removed more than half the hospital [...]
