I thought it might be good to get in early on some funny versions of posters about Lisbon 2.0

The Main Purpose of the Bill is to: •Identify and verify the identity of their customer and of any assets ultimate beneficial owner,...

Paul Krugmans feelings on deficits is falling further out of sync with many commentators, this is an interesting video as it plots the ...

I was at a fascinating talk by Stephen Drew of Thames River Capital, he was the former head of credit markets for JP Morgan internation...

The 'haircuts' we are hearing about in the papers of late are not 'bobs','mullets' or 'short back n' sides', it is all about the pricin...

Sometimes I have to wonder where the blame-game changed course and the organisations with no commitment to societal well-being were bur...

How many kicks can a broker take before rolling over and crying 'uncle!'. A whole bunch it seems. Today AIB informed the intermediar...

People ask me 'how is business' a lot, is it macabre fascination or do they want to hear something reassuring? I don't know, but my gen...

I wrote before about the errors of compensation in financial services, in a nutshell people were earning money for short term performan...

One of my favourite things to do is to talk to the people who write the books I love, often they are hard to reach, others are surprisi...

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