29 Aug 2015

Money Laudering: what is a 'suspicious' transaction?

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Apart from finance professionals being clairvoyants it is extremely tricky to safely fulfil the regulator's insistence to report all su...
10 Aug 2015

Credit Suisse: Old wine in new bottles?

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Sad as it is to see a proud Swiss institution (again) unable to find a local candidate to fill the vacancy at the top of the organisation I ...
31 Jul 2015

Buying a Hedge Fund is not so easy

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H edge fund firms are difficult to sell/buy as they depend - in general - too much on the style of a few individuals running the show. Qui...
10 Jul 2015

Future of 'Universal' Banking Model in doubt

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The sudden exit of another Bank CEO - now at Barclays Bank - is a stark reminder that managing a ...
30 May 2015

Anti-Money Laudering measures bark up the wrong tree

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Prevention, detection and prosecution of money laundering has become big business during the past 20-30 years. And it will keep on growing ...
16 Apr 2015

We are an Earnings Machine

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Claims Steve Schwarzman ( CNBC ) - but is it very diplomatic to boast so openly about the profits Blackstone makes off its investors? Maybe...

London the global Bitcoin Hub?

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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 ...
15 Apr 2015

The 'fun' (ugly?) face of the City

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The one thing that surprises me - given the amount of ever-more sophisticated technology that is available - is the survival of the voice-ba...
9 Apr 2015

Jamie Dimon clings to outdated business model

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No surprise that Dimon defends the status quo, bigger is better and the banking department store model is best ( Reuters ). But I wonder i...
27 Jan 2015

Single Capacity to protect counterparties - notes on Goldman/LIA dispute

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Not a question of being smarter, though that may well be the case. It is a question of morality - or lack thereof. When firms are feted as ...