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The start of the tea party – funds in the 21st century

Having attended the funds management session, I can now see why I got out of insurance twenty years ago.  I mean, it may be interesting for the guys involved but watching this session was a little bit slow.    The main outcome of the discussion for me was how firms had moved away from manufacturing…

Posh and Becks at SIBOS

I take the last flight out of Heathrow to Si-Boston last night and am amazed to find myself being brushed aside at the security gates by some hulking brute of a figure.  As I turn to raise myself up to my full five feet nine inches of bristling quivering wreck, I realise the incredible hulk…

Posh and Becks at SIBOS

I take the last flight out of Heathrow to Si-Boston last night and am amazed to find myself being brushed aside at the security gates by some hulking brute of a figure.  As I turn to raise myself up to my full five feet nine inches of bristling quivering wreck, I realise the incredible hulk…

Posh and Becks at SIBOS

I take the last flight out of Heathrow to Si-Boston last night and am amazed to find myself being brushed aside at the security gates by some hulking brute of a figure.  As I turn to raise myself up to my full five feet nine inches of bristling quivering wreck, I realise the incredible hulk…

Posh and Becks at SIBOS

I take the last flight out of Heathrow to Si-Boston last night and am amazed to find myself being brushed aside at the security gates by some hulking brute of a figure.  As I turn to raise myself up to my full five feet nine inches of bristling quivering wreck, I realise the incredible hulk…

Europe’s annual drinks festival moves to Boston

Europe’s greatest export to promote the art of strong drinking opens next week in one of America’s oldest cities, Boston.  SIBOS, an acronym for Standing In Buckets Of Slop, was created by the Belgians as a way to promote wine and beer drinking and is normally held in the Autumn to pre-empt Germany’s October Beerfest…

Europe’s annual drinks festival moves to Boston

Europe’s greatest export to promote the art of strong drinking opens next week in one of America’s oldest cities, Boston.  SIBOS, an acronym for Standing In Buckets Of Slop, was created by the Belgians as a way to promote wine and beer drinking and is normally held in the Autumn to pre-empt Germany’s October Beerfest…

Europe’s annual drinks festival moves to Boston

Europe’s greatest export to promote the art of strong drinking opens next week in one of America’s oldest cities, Boston.  SIBOS, an acronym for Standing In Buckets Of Slop, was created by the Belgians as a way to promote wine and beer drinking and is normally held in the Autumn to pre-empt Germany’s October Beerfest…

FX trading breaks the three trillion dollars a day mark

In a no turn-up for the books there then announcement, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released figures this week that show that the world is trading over $3 trillion a day in foreign exchange (FX) instruments in 2007. These are the results of the three-yearly survey the BIS performs with the Central Banks around…

FX trading breaks the three trillion dollars a day mark

In a no turn-up for the books there then announcement, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released figures this week that show that the world is trading over $3 trillion a day in foreign exchange (FX) instruments in 2007. These are the results of the three-yearly survey the BIS performs with the Central Banks around…

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