6 Jan 2014

J.P. Morgan to pay $2 billion over Madoff case

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Not sure if one should cry or laugh when reading headlines such as this one . How did the parties to this shameful deal arrive at the number...
31 Dec 2013

ECB Banking Review - Moving Deckchairs on the Titanic

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More costs borne by shareholders, savers and taxpayers, more jobs for the boys - happy to be an Eurocrat in this age - and still no change t...
2 Dec 2013

Mentoring and Coaching - a simple model

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While some experts try to make things complicated busy market professionals need simple solutions when they reach out for independent advic...
18 Nov 2013

Summers regurgitates tired old macro cliches

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Guessing what the 'correct' or 'true' natural interest rate  is may be a worthwhile passe temps for tenured university profe...
12 Nov 2013

More Women on Boards

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16 Oct 2013

Hector Sants may have benefited from Coaching

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News that another senior finance professional - this time Hector Sants, Barclays Bank's Head of compliance - needs to take time off ...
10 Sept 2013

More Swaps, more Risks

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Glad to see that another swap market  (Chinese Yuan) seems to be in rude health, but nearly all swaps are facilitated by a bank acting as co...
22 Aug 2013

Government Mis-Selling Scandal

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Having been on the receiving end of many a sales call trying to convince me of the necessity of buying identity theft protection for my cred...
20 Aug 2013

CMI should know better - no point in meaningless comparisons

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When the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) proclaims that women on average receive a lower bonus than men one has to wonder what purpos...

FATCA - Testimony to EU Incompetence

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While no one can blame the US for perpetrating legislative overreach as long as it gets away with it the oppressive  FATCA  legislation woul...