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Oct 4, 2011

Just a brick in the Wall … Street

Obviously, many of you will be aware of the #OccupyWallStreet protest by now. If you’re not, it may be that you were at #SIBOS when it all started, so here’s the low down. My friend who lives on Wall Street told me that a bunch of around 200 protestors set up camp in the park by Wall…

Oct 3, 2011

Don’t punish the rich with taxation … incentivise them

It’s a Sunday morning and I’m asked to contribute to a debate on the BBC’s Sunday Morning Live (using awful Skype webcam) about whether the rich should feel a moral obligation to pay more tax.* My take on this is that the rich make their money through businesses generally that are tax efficient through tax avoidance…

Oct 3, 2011

Don’t punish the rich with taxation … incentivise them

Sep 29, 2011

Banks are awful, says the FSA

Email received 08:47, 29/09/2011: Dear Mr. Skinner I have to say that your blog reflects the UK: a nation of bloody whingers. This was well demonstrated by the release of the FSA’s figures this week that shows all your citizens do is complain. In fact, I wholly expect you to post the headline today that…

Sep 29, 2011

Banks are awful, says the FSA

Sep 27, 2011

The #1 Woman in Finance, Europe

I was sent a list from the American Banker this week, who have just published their annual list of the most powerful women in banking. Number 1 is Karen Peetz, Vice Chairman of BNY Mellon Generates roughly half of BNY Mellon's pretax income Manages a third of its 52,000 employees in 115 cities around the…

Sep 26, 2011

Toronto’s hero banker: from riches to rags

So I finish my time in Toronto with a little relaxation and sight seeing. Won’t bore you with all the details … … but one of the most interesting places to visit is a place called Casa Loma, the House on the Hill. It's more like an amazing castle to be honest, that sits in the…

Sep 23, 2011

All of SIBOS 2011 …

For those who are that interested, here are all the blog entries made during the week at SIBOS in one place … SIBOS 2011 – what will be the big themes? We should be talking about risk. And so SIBOS begins First impressions. Brett King launches Movenbank at #sibos #innotribe Brett King, author of Bank 2.0, is…

Sep 23, 2011

Reflections on SIBOS 2011

Reflecting on SIBOS 2011 is a mixed bag of feelings. On the one hand, I spent most of the time in the innovation stream, and that was full of life, debate, fun and energy. On the other, I spent the other half of my time on the exhibit floor and in the plenaries, which were…