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MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR<br />
SEPTEMBER 2013 | ICAEW.COM/ECONOMIA ISSUE 19 | INTELLIGENCE AND INSIGHT<br />
Growing pains<br />
Five years on from the financial<br />
crash, the economy may finally be<br />
starting to heal. But are we strong<br />
enough to survive the upturn?<br />
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NEVIN TRUESDALE THE BOARD OF THE FUTURE ASSET-BASED FINANCE PENSIONS UPDATE<br />
<br />
Five years on from<br />
the calamitous fall<br />
of Lehman Brothers,<br />
the economy is just<br />
entering recovery.<br />
But for many it will<br />
take longer to rebuild<br />
trust in banking.<br />
The Bank of England's new governor,<br />
Mark Carney, recognises the danger. Last<br />
month he issued a warning to the banks,<br />
advising them to make more effort to<br />
“reconnect with society” and “provide a<br />
genuine benefit to the real economy”. In<br />
calling for a major culture chang<a title="economia_Sept page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed8eb56e?page=1"> MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR SEPTEMBER 201</a>
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