Regulation

Are Europe’s plans for Banking, MiFID and the PSD irrelevant?

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…

That Was The Week That Was

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…

That Was The Week That Was

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…

That Was The Week That Was

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…

Are hedge funds the root of all evil?

So, the morning goes on, more dialogue and more debate. The highlight of the week so far, for me anyway, came with the session entitled: "This House believes that Hedge Funds are the root of all evil?" if nothing else, for the title. The moderator of the session was Julian Tregoning, a Director with the…

Are hedge funds the root of all evil?

So, the morning goes on, more dialogue and more debate. The highlight of the week so far, for me anyway, came with the session entitled: "This House believes that Hedge Funds are the root of all evil?" if nothing else, for the title. The moderator of the session was Julian Tregoning, a Director with the…

Are hedge funds the root of all evil?

So, the morning goes on, more dialogue and more debate. The highlight of the week so far, for me anyway, came with the session entitled: "This House believes that Hedge Funds are the root of all evil?" if nothing else, for the title. The moderator of the session was Julian Tregoning, a Director with the…

Forensically evolving regulations

Apart from lots more networking, I attended three more sessions in this final half of the day. One had to be Matteo Rizzi’s discussion of SWIFTcommunity.net of course. Matteo runs this community for SWIFT and was discussing progress one year on since the launch at SIBOS Boston last year. Apparently, the SWIFT site has around…

Forensically evolving regulations

Apart from lots more networking, I attended three more sessions in this final half of the day. One had to be Matteo Rizzi’s discussion of SWIFTcommunity.net of course. Matteo runs this community for SWIFT and was discussing progress one year on since the launch at SIBOS Boston last year. Apparently, the SWIFT site has around…

Forensically evolving regulations

Apart from lots more networking, I attended three more sessions in this final half of the day. One had to be Matteo Rizzi’s discussion of SWIFTcommunity.net of course. Matteo runs this community for SWIFT and was discussing progress one year on since the launch at SIBOS Boston last year. Apparently, the SWIFT site has around…