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My 16 year old sports mad son read a book by Ed Smith, an Anglo Welsh county cricketer, over the summer entitled ‘What Sport Tells Us About Life’, and was mightily impressed. The book’s brilliance –
You may recall in my last blog posting ‘The Wolf is at the Door – if he huffs and he puffs can he blow the bank down?’ we started to explore the scenario of hikes in interest rate and the impact upon...
A common fault amongst generals is to become experts at fighting the last war, often ignoring what they need to consider in order to fight the next one. A question worth asking is, ‘are the exchanges
I was musing the other day, as you do in the dog days of summer, on the difference between tolerance and toleration. And the difference, I found, is more than just nominal. ‘Tolerance’ can be defined ...
I don't know about you, but my time is one of my most valuable assets these days. I work long hours, I travel a lot, when I'm home I am struggling to find quality time (and quantity) with my kids, and...
As we have seen in the media this week, EU proposals for a tax on financial transactions have created a storm of debate in the last 24 hours – mainly focusing on political issues. While the full deta...
Last week saw me in New York, at what could prove to be a historic moment for both the US and potentially the world's financial markets, what with one of the widest sweeping shake-ups of US financial ...
The latest newsletter from the European Payments Council (EPC) provides some interesting insights into SEPA migration to date, but offers little advice and guidance to the corporate sector about how ...
Comments from Gerard Hartsink in the latest EPC newsletter underline the plight of the SEPA Schemes – ultimately that we're in danger of ending up with a politically-driven mess. At Sibos 2008 I blog...
Finextra is conducting a survey which aims to measure how satisfied corporates are with their banks and in turn, how banks are serving their corporate clients. Our exclusive ‘client satisfaction surve...
Hello, my name is the international investment community and I have been brought low by my addiction to toxic assets. It took away my bonus, my job, my lifestyle and my reputation. As I am trying to m...
Has there ever been a better time to be a bean counter? Those who count the cash have seen their status in the organization soar to new heights as liquidity has become as important as the latest expan...