Gary Wright

Analyst at BISS Research

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Bio CEO of B.I.S.S. Research, founder of the BISS Independent Accreditation for all systems and services provided to financial services companies internationally. Guest Lecturer at Reading University and ICMA. Comentator in the media on Industry Issues. Career History Over 30 years in the City as Head of Operations with a number of leading Brokers and Banks. Founding member of ISITC Europe and IUG. Member of the SII, founding member of the Operations Management Examination committee.

Blogs

Wealth Management - Turkeys Vote for Christmas

27 Sep 2013

At this week’s annual CISI Integrity debate the question about the honesty and integrity of Wealth Managers was debated with a packed audience of Wealth Management professionals. Now I use the word professionals, as one of the points raised during the presentations for and against the motion was the integrity of individual’s verses the industry an...

The future of systems in financial services

29 Jul 2013

As we all know software firms have sprung up like dandelions in summer. Every week, virtually, we are seeing new systems or enhanced systems, with a regular introduction of new firms, all offering a system or functionality that they hope will be unique and a big seller. Unfortunately the success gateway is very narrow and the vast majority of soft...

Social media and trust in financial markets

25 Jun 2013

All markets have to have a basis of trust between parties if they are to be successful and as we have seen in recent times the loss of trust is a terminal risk to business. Trust today however should be enhanced when you consider the value that social media brings us all. Each year we hear that new levels of global connectivity have been reached w...

Technology changing the markets

25 Jun 2013

"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal" Albert Einstein In previous articles I have outlined the progression technology in the City that began to almost revolutionise the securities market in London. By the early to mid-seventies the amount of business transacted on the Stock Exchange was miniscul...

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