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Watchdog criticises lack of documentation on how government decides to fund projects

Watchdog criticises lack of documentation on how government decides how to fund projects

Health service executives slam exclusion from tax exemptions for clinical staff

Campaign in October was billed as biggest since second world war

With little progress to report in efforts to improve professional conduct at Britain's banks, the body charged with raising standards has suggested that getting a better night's sleep might help bankers behave better.

Britain needs a new body dedicated to filling skill shortages in financial services as tech lures away talent and Brexit increases uncertainty, a government-commissioned report said on Tuesday.

Australia's sovereign wealth manager, the Future Fund, said on Tuesday it returned 14.3% in the year to Dec. 31, its highest annual return since 2015 thanks to booming stock markets, but has raised cash holdings amid overheating fears. Global equity markets have risen to record highs in recent months, driven by...

Four investment firms opposing the sale of U.S. educational software company Instructure Inc to private equity firm Thoma Bravo picked up support on Monday when an influential proxy advisory firm came out against the planned all-cash deal of roughly $2 billion. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc (ISS) recommended that Instructure shareholders vote...

Australian shares are set for a sharp drop at the open on Tuesday as growing fears surrounding the economic impact of the coronavirus jolted global markets. Lower oil and metal prices are expected to drag energy and mining stocks. ...

A federal judge on Monday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit by investors who accused the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange of letting anonymous traders rig the "fear gauge," Wall Street's main gauge of future stock market volatility, at their expense.