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ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UK PROPERTY MARKET DESPITE BREXIT
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By Javed Khattak
Zisk Properties: Flexible Investments & Profitable Outcomes
Investing in the UK property market is still a good idea, even though experts say house prices may be flat in the first half of 2019. There are still many property hot spots in the UK despite the Brexit uncertainties: One has to know where to look.
While it seems that Brexit has only affected high-value properties (over £2 million) in London and other cities, the average house prices are continuing to rise across the UK, due to the positive price movements witnessed in the regional markets. The weakening of the pound has also made the UK property market attractive to foreign investors, thus keeping the UK property market afloat, even if some experts say it is barely so.

Javed Khattak
Zisk Properties was founded by two brothers, Javed and Zafer, in 2016 to help solve the challenges that exist in buying and investing in the property market.
Property markets are slow to evolve, opaque and inefficient. While some countries like the UK are better than others, there is still significant scope to innovate and improve.
Areas that need consideration include making transactions more efficient, faster, increasing security (more relevant for certain countries), reducing the number of parties involved in a transaction, and most importantly, reducing costs. In addition, there are a considerable number of challenges associated with purchasing an investment property, including:
- Large lump sums required;
- Having access to good property deals through a strong network in the property market;
- A complicated and daunting process;
- The hassle to manage all the involved stakeholders – sellers, estate agents, lawyers and surveyors;
- Extremely time-consuming – a property transaction can easily take up to 6 months or even longer. Furthermore, managing a property effectively not only requires time but also relevant skills and experience.
Zisk Properties was founded precisely to tackle these challenges, with the aim to innovate while helping everyone (who qualifies) to invest in properties with ease and convenience.
The use of latest technologies and data analytics, combined with crowdfunding business concept and an FCA registered fund structure are the key elements Zisk Properties utilises to enable it to become a future leader in the property market and pave a way for a better future.
Here are some property hot spots to look out for in 2019:
BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham is the host to 5 university campuses and has the third largest inflow of graduates in the entire country. The accessibility of daily commute to London means Birmingham stands a chance for migration of working professionals. The predicted influx of workers coming to live in Birmingham and a projected population growth of c. 15% over the next 20 years makes it a potential property market to look out for in the near future.
LIVERPOOL
Factors such as growth in property prices in the past 5 years and the predicted rise in population by 12% play a vital role for Liverpool to be considered as a potential property investment hotspot. Ongoing construction and regeneration projects launched in Liverpool also make it a preferable place for investors looking for recently built properties.
MANCHESTER
Typically referred to as the ‘London of the North’, Manchester has always been one of the prime hotspots for investors, and the trend might continue in the second-half of 2019 as well. In addition to having the MetroLink tram extensions and attracting foreign investments, Manchester also attracts a considerable number of young people to invest in properties. ROI on rental properties is currently at c. 8% and with more than 30% properties being a potential source for private rentals, properties in Manchester can prove to be a brilliant investment.
NORTHAMPTON
The lead time for any property to be sold and house prices growth in a particular area are positively correlated with the high demand for investments. Properties in Northampton are currently making the shift from “Available” to “Sold Out” in just a period of 33 days. 5% increase in house prices was also observed in the last quarter of 2018 in this area. These factors make Northampton being a potentially great prospect for property investments.
Despite the adverse predictions of experts regarding house prices, due to weakened currency combined with various local factors, the hot spots listed above should be on your list if you are considering a long-term property investment.
Further Information:
Javed Khattak is a successful serial entrepreneur, an established C-suite executive and an award-winning CFO. However, the young entrepreneur’s path to success hasn’t always been easy. Javed reveals exclusively to Global Banking and Finance Review how he is leading the property market with flexible investments and profitable outcomes.
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The formula for success: delivering total experience in financial services
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June 1, 2023By
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Monica Hovsepian, Global Industry Strategist, OpenText
The tumult of the last few years has thrown many challenges at financial services. Geopolitical and social evolutions have met head on with technological upheaval to threaten the previously settled order of the sector.
Luckily, that very same technological upheaval has allowed financial services institutions (FSIs) to innovate. Faced with new competition from fintechs, challenger banks, and big tech, FSIs have transformed the way they deliver products and services to customers over the last decade or so. It would be unthinkable now, for example, for a customer to have to visit a branch with their banking book to pay in or take out money from their accounts.
So much has changed. But change, it seems, is never finished. As younger generations become consumers and employees in their own right, they are bringing their own ideas about how they would like to live, work and engage, and FSIs need to keep evolving to cater for them.
Of course, this has always been the way of things: to some extent, adapting to the changing demands of customers is old hat for FSIs. It’s just that now, the tactics used to do so have evolved. Rather than focusing solely on Customer Experience (CX), FSIs must move to a focus on delivering Total Experience (TX) if they are to rise above the heated competition that continues to drive innovation across the sector. And, by delivering the Total Experience, FSIs also appreciate the benefits of Operational Experience (OX) and efficiencies.
CX + EX + OX= TX: the full formula for FSI success in the digital age
In its simplest terms, TX is the optimisation of both CX and employee experience (EX). To add a bit more colour, it is a recognition of and approach to the idea that only through elevated employee experiences and improved operational efficiency can the best possible customer experience be delivered. Investing more holistically across what matters to the customer delivers stronger returns than focusing on isolated areas.
Or, since this is a formula-driven industry for numbers and formulas, let’s express this idea another way: CX + EX = TX (ROI).
It’s well reported that delivering excellent digital customer experiences is increasingly defining for today’s FSIs. The Financial Brand, for example, reports that banks with customer-centric cultures are 60% more profitable than others. Yet other reports suggest that many customers are dissatisfied with the experience that banks are offering.
So, why is that?
Well, in order to provide the seamless, personalised digital experiences demanded by today’s customer, banks need a 360-degree view of customers, across the entire enterprise, at each stage of their journey. Technology is already in place to enable this, but the discipline of customer lifecycle management is still under-developed in FSIs, resulting in fragmentation of backend systems and disconnects between different employees and business units.
This disconnect then translates into the experiences that FSIs deliver to their consumers, as it leads to frustration for employees as they struggle to locate and manage customer data between siloed systems quickly and easily. It stands to reason that putting CX and EX together is the way forward for banks looking to find the formula for success in the digital age and deliver operational efficiency.
Lifting all boats – how to achieve total experience in FS
As John F. Kennedy once said, ‘the rising tide lifts all boats’. FSIs can adhere to this idea by investing in technology that elevates the experiences of both customers and employees, creating a virtuous cycle of optimisation that will form the foundations for long-term success.
Data can be a friend to FSIs here, rather than a foe. With the sheer amount of it available to businesses in the sector, it can seem daunting to even approach the task of wrangling data into insights and then actioning those insights.
It needn’t be: leveraging the latest innovations in technology can help to integrate key CRM systems to ingest, analyse, manage and distribute the content needed to support all customer-related business processes. Doing so will offer employees a single source of truth to support any customer process or enquiry, thereby improving EX at the same time as optimising the data available to improve CX.
In a world of unpredictable demand and shifting priorities, FSIs that invest in these integrated solutions stand to benefit from real-time, 360-degree view customer information, used to empower employees to provide superior service, deliver optimized customer experiences, enforce governance and risk management and reduce operational costs.
Gartner estimates that, by 2024, organisations providing a total experience will outperform competitors by 25% in satisfaction metrics for both CX and EX. In a game of fine margins like financial services, that’s a level of competitive advantage that you don’t see on offer every day.
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Billner Group Review: Your Reliable Online Trading Platform
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5 days agoon
May 29, 2023By
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Enter the world of currency pairs to drive profit by trading two currencies simultaneously. You need to find different cheapest currencies like USD/JPY Pair, EUR/USD Pair, etc., to get maximum by investing minimum. If you’re a novice currency pair trader, consider Billner Group, the leading online trading platform, to bring down your trading risk and make a profit. The world of Forex is very exciting, and the platform has multiple features to help you thrive in this trading market. So, let’s see how you can master the art of currency pair trading on this platform.
Expert Guidance at Billner Group to Help You Succeed
Currency pair trading involves many unknown risks. Therefore, it’s best to get guidance from the experts. And, Billner Group provides you with exactly that. The platform has many experienced and renowned trading experts to offer you free education and guidance. Their experienced mentors will give you straight-to-the-point videos and webinars to help you start your trading with in-depth knowledge regarding the selection process of the assets available, how much to invest, and when to start and stop trading.
Billner Group offers comprehensive educational resources and expert guidance to fill you with trading knowledge in all the possible ways. You can get help from their experts at every step of your currency pair trading. All these will enable you to start intelligent trading, even if you have had no prior experience. As a result, you can achieve new heights of success on this platform.
Cutting-Edge Technology at Billner Group to Minimize Risks
To make your currency pair trading profitable, Billner Group offers a range of advanced technical analysis tools. The use of these tools, like price charts, indicators, calendars, and more, helps currency pair traders to make informed decisions. You can observe the fluctuations in the currency pair movements with more precision. Their historical price charts and real-time market data will also enable you to identify the potential entry and exit trading points. Using these tools also facilitates the traders to identify the trends and patterns. As a result, they can build their trading strategies and make profits.
Billner Group also ensures instant hedging. Trading on this platform will let you insure and hedge against the adverse fluctuations of the selected asset’s price. They maintain absolute transparency and provide you with all the required tools to be successful in the trading world.
The Bottom Line
If you’re new to the market, proceed by investing in one or two currency pairs. Do your research and learn more about the currency pair trading to find out the best pairs. Billner Group can go a long way to provide you with the needed insight and knowledge. Moreover, their platform is very user-friendly. You need to signup on the platform and open your trading account to start making money. Make full use of their technical analysis tools and experts’ guidance to reduce your chances of loss. So, instead of waiting, invest in currency pair and see how the trading can become a money spinner for you.
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