FSClub

The Financial Services Club has two events this month, that are free to attend for qualifying financial professionals.  The first is looking at how to deal with back office peaks and troughs.  The second focuses upon the state of Britain’s lending markets. Thursday 11th November 2010 Dealing with Back Office Peaks and Troughs The ISA season…

I was recently at an HSBC event in Asia where the host of the event said: “you know why the HSBC Chief Executive has moved to Hong Kong don’t you? Because the tax rate is 34% less than London’s so we save millions on his salary!” It was a joke of course, although the meaning…

The Financial Services Club Ireland starts their new season on Thursday 2nd September 2010 and Scotland meets on 23rd September with the same theme: How does a credit rating agency work? with Roberto Rivero, Head of Market Development Rating Services for Standard & Poor's. With the recent downgrading of Greece by Standard & Poor's, the…

The next meeting of the Financial Services Club, Central and Eastern Europe (FSClub CEE), will be on Tuesday 7th September 2010 at the residence of the British Ambassador, Metternichgasse 6, Vienna, Austria. The focus of the evening will be upon Customer Relationship Management: Redefining the Client Relationship. The client relationship is the key element in…

Gawd, I hate acronymns and look at that!  Three in one blog entry title!!! Anyways, for the nerdy-nerd equities guys, this will grab their attention. It's all to do with trading in European and American stocks and shares using High Frequency Trading (HFT) systems, and the regulations therein with EU MiFID rules applying over here…

For those who are interested, we have just put together our draft program for the London Financial Services Club Autumn/Winter Season.  The dates and details are as follows: 23rd September 2010: “Technology Trends: Mobile Developments” with Samee Zafar, Director, Edgar Dunn, London & David Birch, Director, Consult Hyperion 27th September 2010: Quarterly Dinner with Matt…

Great write-up by David Calder for the Caledonian Mercury of Monday night's meeting in Edinburgh: Do building societies have a future? That will be at the heart of discussions at the Building Societies Association annual conference in Manchester next week and it was the topic for debate at a meeting of the Financial Services Club…

We had a great session at the FSClub the other day, discussing the views of the corporate client and their relationship with the bank. The panel consisted of a representative for corporate treasurers; a former head of treasury ops for a major technology vendor; and the head of epayments for a large, global bank. The…