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Why might you want to consider a career in financial planning or advice, what are the career opportunities, how do you stand out as a candidate, how do you progress and what’s the outlook for the market in these complex times?

Lewis Byford, from Anthony George recruitment discusses all of
this with our Director of PR, Heather Tilston – and talks about their unique approach to supporting both candidates and employers in our latest careers podcast. Anthony George has also launched special services for LIBF members – listen to the podcast to find out more!

Lewis' LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-byford-mirp-certrp-b540a6118/

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In this episode, ex-Director of the CSFI, Dr Martina Garcia, talks to Natalie Schoon, an expert in Islamic finance, who outlines the challenges – and the potential avenues for future growth – that Islamic finance should explore to reach its full potential in the years ahead.

The Central Labelling Agency (CLA) is a not-for-profit with
one goal – to enlarge the impact and substance of sustainable saving and investing.

Director of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) Martina Garcia talks to Tom Van den Berghe, Managing Director, Central Labelling Agency (CLA) of the Belgian SRI Label vzw/asbl about Towards Sustainability, the CLA's flagship label, and some of the challenges around measuring the impact of sustainable finance.

Martina Garcia, Director of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI), Perihan M. Adelghaly, Programme Leader at The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF), and Vera Spender, a sustainability and ESG consultant and adviser, discuss LIBF’s latest whitepaper: ‘How to build a sustainable bank in MENA’.


The discussion focuses on the practical challenges banks in MENA face in implementing and demonstrating ESG standards and the importance of environmental and social risk management. It also provides an outline of the ways in which banks can enhance human and institutional capacity to grasp the business opportunities ahead.


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Hinckley and Rugby Building Society are leading the way in engaging with customers and the local community on climate risk and climate opportunity.

In this episode Heather Tilston, LIBF’s Director of PR and Communications, talks to Hinkley & Rugby’s CEO Colin Fyfe about their journey towards sustainability – as a
business and with their customers and in the community.

To watch the film in our Finance Frontiers documentary series about their work in this area visit our YouTube channel.

Welcome to episode 19 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance and guests Rachael Hunnisett, Green Mortgage Campaign Lead, Green finance Institute, Danielle Stephenson, Senior Mortgage Product Manager, Virgin Money, and Chloe Timperley, Senior Policy Adviser, AMI & AFB.

In this episode Gordon and his guests discuss the key issues with the UK housing stock, the need to improve the quality of UK homes, and what more can be doing to develop the range and quality of Green Finance products.

As always they aim to inform, interest, educate and entertain on all things mortgage related.

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