Shaping the future of finance
At the start of the year, I always make a few predictions about what will happen in the following year. Watch this blog in January for 2013’s predictions. But what were the predictions for 2012? Well Economically, I made the following forecasts: Asia’s light continues to shine, but not quite as bright American equities is the place…
I was asked to give a pre-dinner speech by SAS for a group of Chief Risk Officers (CRO’s) in Amsterdam recently. Here’s the speech. Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I wasn’t sure how to start this evening, and decided to begin with the collective noun for a group of CRO’s. You are collectively known as a…
We had the final 2012 plenary meeting of the Financial Services Club Clearing & Settlement Working Group (CAS-WG) yesterday. Well attended by industry luminaries, the debate was all about the usual stuff: regulations, standards, risk, issues, frustrations and opportunities. What was particularly interesting for me is that we now have three subject groups working in…
David Bermingham was another recent guest at the Financial Services Club. David was one of the NatWest Three, the three bankers who worked for NatWest in the 1990s and got caught up in the Enron scandal. What happened and how come David ended up in an American jail when he's a British citizen? Well, after presenting…
The ECB just released their latest Quarterly Update Magazine and, as we have a plenary meeting of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group next Tuesday, I thought you might be interested in an update on T2S from the ECB. T2S Programme Plan The T2S project is on track and progressing according to the Programme Plan, which…
The ECB just released their latest Quarterly Update Magazine and, as we have a plenary meeting of the Clearing & Settlement Working Group next Tuesday, I thought you might be interested in an update on T2S from the ECB. T2S Programme Plan The T2S project is on track and progressing according to the Programme Plan, which…
For the last decade, I’ve been a fan of the Eurozone. It’s created a lot of business for many of us. The Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP), the forty or more Directives, the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and all that stuff has been good for business for consultants, technologists and for some bankers too….
For the last decade, I’ve been a fan of the Eurozone. It’s created a lot of business for many of us. The Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP), the forty or more Directives, the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and all that stuff has been good for business for consultants, technologists and for some bankers too….
