Temple Associates

One piece of consolation, the cities that want to steal London's crown will not be in a much different position, what price an office t...

Just when you thought the 1000+ pages MIFID nonsense could not get any worse this news hits the wire. Could it be that it was all along the ...

The Securities Diaspora gathers pace. There is only the little problem of human 'resources' to consider. While Japanese and Expats f...

One always had to wonder why Deutsche Bank needs 9000 people in London, or HSBC needs 43000 in the UK. Was that not always padded by quite a...

One always had to wonder why Deutsche Bank needs 9000 people in London, or HSBC needs 43000 in the UK. Was that not always padded by quite a...

Well, would not call this unelected bureaucrat 'prominent'. Arrogant would come to mind instead, but what is new? It is a tight cliq...

I am tired to repeat the same old arguments (first published back in Feb 2016!) that Brexit is not the Armageddon that some predict. While s...

There will be some adjustment period and it could be turbulent. Problem with Brexit is that the final terms are not known so planning for th...

No surprise to our readers! Having too many major hubs is a recipe for inefficiency! There is only one Hollywood as well! Deutsche Bank is ...

Been there dozens of times for business, nice people, but if anyone believes it will take over as THE major financial center I have a bridge...

No need to run scared, as I have stated earlier, an analysis of all business lines shows that the EU umbrella is not really that important. ...

Merchants of doom are let loose by the result of the Out side winning the EU Referendum in the UK. All sorts of comments are made by object...

Talk about major financial institutions leaving the City of London in the wake of the Brexit Vote do not throw a good light on the leadershi...

Following up on my post from earlier this year (see below) I want to reply to an important point made by those arguing against Brexit. It is...

Pull another one would be my first and only reaction. I may be of the wrong generation but would still stake my reputation on the fact that ...

Announcing that the number of jobs in the investment banking unit will be cut by 25 per cent over the next three years is as bad a decision ...

When senior banking figures  warn  that London's position as preeminent financial centre would be at risk from any British exit from the...

Readers know my scepticism with respect to the LIBOR witch hunt (and the PPI/payment protection insurance brouhaha that is completely blown ...

Recently 500 (in words: five hundred!!) policemen were delegated to conduct a search at Deutsche Bank's headquarters. Anyone with half ...

Reads a headline in today's Financial Times. This is a n other brilliant idea to weaken the position of the City of London as a financi...