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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 30/03/2010 | 4140 views

The Best Execution Myth

MiFID has been in for a few years now and it's had a tremendous impact on European markets but unfortunately not all good. The very laudable objectives that MiFID addresses really cause the failure of those objectives. For example Best Execution once easy to measure and prove is now virtually impossible due to the fragmentation of trading venues al...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 29/03/2010 | 2836 views | 1 comment

The neutering of decision makers

At last weeks Fix Protocol (FPL) conference there was the expected presentations from all the usual suspects. Expert people from leading organisations in the securities market all debated the problems of the day. Well, debated might be too strong a word, as in most cases total agreement was obvious. The audience were no less expert so it was a case...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 26/03/2010 | 4367 views

The eternal coin or eternal value

This week's debate at the Long Finance roundtable, the influential think tank of academics associated with the finance industry presented the "Search for the Eternal Coin" to an engaged audience of eclectic professionals. The presentations were first from an historical aspect starting 4000 years ago and then up to date with the immediate financial ...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 18/03/2010 | 3459 views | 1 comment

House prices about to crash

At a recent roundtable of top economists at the Long Finance Group together with a think tank of leading City professionals, the over whelming view was that house prices were certain to crash. Timing was debated but it was generally thought that the current housing market index was not sustainable beyond this year. The election in the UK was likely...