The SIBOS Blog

  Our biggest stories of the week are all about SIBOS, the annual tradeshow run by SWIFT … Top Tips for TradeshowsThis year’s SIBOS has three themes: regulation, recovery and rebuilding trust.  So, let’s explore these briefly. Chew lips from Amsterdam A discussion with the market infrastructures for clearing and settlement. Banks are just safe keepers…

As mentioned the other day, we are asking some big ticket long-term questions at SIBOS this year, such as: When will we know that financial systems work? How will we know when financial risk is not an issue anymore? What will America and Europe be doing when the economic power balance has shifted to Asia?…

The end of SIBOS 2008 or almost. The party is to come and I think folks a finally cheering up a bit. The weather is clear and sunny, the work is done, the markets are still turbulent but more stable and we are beginning to relax. Not with complacency, but with relief. After running around…

The end of SIBOS 2008 or almost. The party is to come and I think folks a finally cheering up a bit. The weather is clear and sunny, the work is done, the markets are still turbulent but more stable and we are beginning to relax. Not with complacency, but with relief. After running around…

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 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 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…