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<br /> FINANCIAL<br /> SERVICES<br /> FACULTY<br /> ICAEW.COM/FSFISSUE 126<br /> MAY 2018<br /> FSFocus<br /> LONG ROAD AHEAD<br /> THE TROUBLED<br /> PATH FACING ASSET<br /> MANAGEMENT FIRMS<br /> MOVING<br /> A NEW DAWN<br /> DOES SOUTH AFRICA<br /> HOLD THE KEY TO<br /> POST-BREXIT TRADE?<br /> FORWARD<br /> Lord Leigh of Hurley<br /> talks Brexit, the state<br /> of the M&A market<br /> and being in politics<br /> MOVING YOUR FLEET FORWARD<br /> WITH THE UK'S MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED SMALL CAR<br /> P11D BIK C02 COMBINED MPG<br /> £22,065-£13,495 26%-20% 129-82g/km 49.5-88.3<br /> Official fuel consumption figures in mpg (l/100km) for the All-New Ford Fiesta range: urban 38.1-80.7 (7.4-3.5),<br /> extra urban 60.1-94.0 (4.7-3.0), combined 49.5-88.3 (5.7-3.2). Official CO2 emissions 129-82g/km.<br /> The mpg figures quo<a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=1"> FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY ICAEW.COM/FSFISSUE 12</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=2"> MOVING YOUR FLEET FORWARD WITH THE UK'S MOST TEC</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=3"> May 2018 Issue 126 COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: CHARLIE BE</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=4"> WELCOME Times are changing May's issue of </a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=5"> N E EWS & VENTS CHAIRMAN'S REPORT: FACULTY CHAI</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=6"> NEW ANA PAUL REID/IKON S LYS IS GENDER DIVI</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=7"> </a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=8"> SMITH UPFRONT Recently, </a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=9"> AV </a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=10"> With the UK scheduled to leave the EU on 29 March</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=11"> ASSET MANAGEMENT Commission has told companie</a> <a title="FS Focus MAY 18 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/ec2b8deb?page=12"> BLOCKCHAIN: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN EFFICIENCY? 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