Opinion

Mar 4, 2009

The true power of low latency for Europe’s MTF’s

Last Thursday was one of those days where you wake up knowing it’s going to be a good one and you go to bed realising that it was … for some that is, but not for everyone. In my case, I was up with the birds to get into the City and chair a conference…

Mar 3, 2009

What should the government do?

I was pleased to be invited to submit some articles to the Parliamentary Brief over the past few months. At the very least I hope that it gives us some conduit into the corridors of Whitehall. The trouble is that it's hard to write something. After all it is far easier to critique the government's…

Feb 27, 2009

The new EU regulator and liquidity risk

The de Larosière Group published a report on EU financial supervision yesterday. The report covers lots of stuff about liquidity risk, regulation and supervision, including the rejection of any need for a single European regulator (ECB won’t like that one) and the strengthening of the current key authorities: CEBS, CEIOPS and CESR. These will be…

Feb 27, 2009

The new EU regulator and liquidity risk

Feb 27, 2009

The new EU regulator and liquidity risk

Feb 27, 2009

The new EU regulator and liquidity risk

Feb 26, 2009

Have I got old news for you …

Today's news headline: RBS pension deal 'not justified' (BBC) – "The size of former RBS chief Sir Fred Goodwin's pension is not justified, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has told Holyrood." One of hundreds of news items criticising the £693,000 pension (today's figures) Sir Fred Goodwin will receive from Royal Bank of Scotland. News headline,…

Feb 26, 2009