Shaping the future of finance
So I finally got to attend a free lunch! This was the launch of the largest event focused upon using long-term thinking in finance that I’ve ever seen, and sponsored by many organisations including the Financial Services Club. Around 400 folks gathered to hear the wise words of legendary thinkers and speakers, including my good…
Mint’s blog, a must-read for all bankers if you want to know what consumers top of mind priorities are, sent a post out yesterday titled: “David & Goliath: How Customers are Sticking it to the Big Banks”. It immediately caught my attention because the Huffington Post in the USA has been promoting the idea of…
I’m continually impressed and amazed by the speed of change in the technology of the investment markets. For example, last year was all talk about low latency and lit versus dark pools. This year, it’s all about private cloud-based services based upon colocation and proximity services. Next year, it will be all about real-time liquidity…
It’s been a difficult time for City bankers, what with all the flak over bonuses and easy money after almost bankrupting the world. The longest lasting row relates to bonuses and remunerations packages. This hit the headlines a year ago, and was debated here with the arguments for and against. A year later, and the…
After West Side Story, the Sharks got over the Jets and are now targeting the Gorillas. Actually nothing to do with music or film, we’re talking banks. Back in the 1950s you had large banks (Sharks) being run around by small banks (Jets) who were nimbler and quicker … so the large banks acquired them…
