The Group of Thirty have just released a special report entitled: "The Structure of Financial Supervision: Approaches and Challenges in a Global Marketplace". Here’s the blurb: "This G30 special report compares and analyzes different approaches taken in financial regulation, revealing the advantages and challenges of supervisory structures in seventeen markets. It is the first time…
I’m getting fed up with all this news about the world crashing around our ears as I am desperate to get back to blogging about really important things, like SunGard’s acquisition of GLTrade or Google’s new mobile telephone. But the headlines keep on coming and so last week I wrote “that was the week that…
Forget the bailout plan, here's my solution to the credit crisis Well, that was a surprise yesterday. A pleasant one, but a surprise. The surprise was the number of positive comments about my rant about America. I thought I was straying far too far into political territories, but I was angry so thanks for the…
I was asked to make a presentation today about “Is the growth story still on?” at a banking conference. Making a presentation about growth at a banking conference right now seemed like a bit of joke, but there you go. Luckily, most of the audience were from Asia and Latin America, and therefore less affected…
I was asked to make a presentation today about “Is the growth story still on?” at a banking conference. Making a presentation about growth at a banking conference right now seemed like a bit of joke, but there you go. Luckily, most of the audience were from Asia and Latin America, and therefore less affected…
I was asked to make a presentation today about “Is the growth story still on?” at a banking conference. Making a presentation about growth at a banking conference right now seemed like a bit of joke, but there you go. Luckily, most of the audience were from Asia and Latin America, and therefore less affected…
I was asked to make a presentation today about “Is the growth story still on?” at a banking conference. Making a presentation about growth at a banking conference right now seemed like a bit of joke, but there you go. Luckily, most of the audience were from Asia and Latin America, and therefore less affected…
With SEPA, the PSD and MiFID all paling into relative insignificance as the major banking markets explode globally, there are questions about whether the European plan will succeed or is even needed now. Therefore, I’ll be really interested to hear what Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has to say when he launches the 2008-09 season of the…
With SEPA, the PSD and MiFID all paling into relative insignificance as the major banking markets explode globally, there are questions about whether the European plan will succeed or is even needed now. Therefore, I’ll be really interested to hear what Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has to say when he launches the 2008-09 season of the…
Last week was probably the most dynamic and heartstoppingly frightening any of us have seen in our lifetimes in financial services. The fact we were all in Vienna, and therefore somewhat protected from the ups and downs of Wall Street and the City, did not make it feel that much better when you return to…
