No Ms Creasy! Being properly treated is what these borrowers really need
Today, the House of Commons is due to debate once again the thorny question of loan sharks. More specifically, MPs will be discussing whether the Government's levy on banks should be extended to firms providing short-term loans

Pride comes before a fall as the jilted bride is finding partners look scarce
Careful what you wish for is a well-worn expression. But that does not mean it is wrong where the LSE is concerned

Light-touch regulation, yes - but we mustn't be soft-touch
Years ago, I investigated a blatant £150 million aluminium fraud. There was no question that some of the best-known firms on the London Metal Exchange had been ripped off. They said so, the lawyers agreed. Sitting in a café in Zug, Switzerland, the chief perpetrator of the scam, tried to...

Book review: Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure
ADAPT: WHY SUCCESS ALWAYS STARTS WITH FAILURE BY TIM HARFORD Little, Brown, 320pp, £20

The insurer who believes in giving something back
One of the sadder aspects of the City is that not enough stars are prepared to take a cut and put their experience back into the industry that served them so well