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“Thoughts” by Jean-Pierre Landau

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

“Thoughts” by Jean-Pierre Landau

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

“Thoughts” by Jean-Pierre Landau

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

Money laundering in virtual worlds

In the last of a risk-focused week of blog entries, I thought it worth talking about virtual worlds.  Now, we talk a lot about virtual worlds these days, after the hype cycle of Second Life and not forgetting the other worlds of Entropia, There, World of Warcraft and more.  In fact, the growth of virtual…

Politician’s Economic Populism

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

Politician’s Economic Populism

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

Politician’s Economic Populism

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

Politician’s Economic Populism

All political campaigns generate their own examples of economic idiocy and this one in Australia has been no exception. Listening to the radio this morning, though, reminded me of this. I thought I was listening to some hick economic populist – then I realised it was a serious policy announcement from the Opposition. For the…

Viewing the MiFID community in the raw

Welcome to MiFID day.  Congratulations.  I’m sure this day will be remembered for a long time as the day that Heather Mills, the ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, went insane. To be honest, it’s all a bit quiet today.  Maybe everyone is waiting for the systems to explode with pan-European trading … nope.  Nothing happening. Project Turquoise…

Viewing the MiFID community in the raw

Welcome to MiFID day.  Congratulations.  I’m sure this day will be remembered for a long time as the day that Heather Mills, the ex-Mrs. Paul McCartney, went insane. To be honest, it’s all a bit quiet today.  Maybe everyone is waiting for the systems to explode with pan-European trading … nope.  Nothing happening. Project Turquoise…