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Social media has changed society

I recently posted about how social media is changing our world, and Bill Jones commented: "The question is whether they change behaviour temporarily or permanently. The evidence is that behaviour (individual or group) is changed temporarily." Well, here's some evidence that it is changing permanently. The Iranian elections are taking place today and CNN ran…

CEOs don’t like social media … because it’s social!

I heard this quote the other day and loved it, so I’m using it (nothing like plagiarism is there?). Equally, I’m stealing lots of other things these days, such as this animation sent to me courtesy of Simon Deane-Johns: If you are using a system that has a Firewall and can’t work this out, then…

CEOs don’t like social media … because it’s social!

I heard this quote the other day and loved it, so I’m using it (nothing like plagiarism is there?). Equally, I’m stealing lots of other things these days, such as this animation sent to me courtesy of Simon Deane-Johns: If you are using a system that has a Firewall and can’t work this out, then…

Banks must still deleverage … and deleverage lots!

There are some people you can listen to for hours, and some that send you to sleep when they open their mouth. Willem Buiter definitely falls into the first category – who said I fall into the latter? – which is why we invited him to address the Financial Services Club recently. It happened to…

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Banks must still deleverage … and deleverage lots!

There are some people you can listen to for hours, and some that send you to sleep when they open their mouth. Willem Buiter definitely falls into the first category – who said I fall into the latter? – which is why we invited him to address the Financial Services Club recently. It happened to…

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This house believes new liquid architectures will dominate

On 9th June, we are holding a Capital Markets Chamber meeting of the Financial Services Club that will debate the motion: "This house believes new liquid architectures will dominate bank's strategic plans from next year onwards".  This debate focuses upon how banks benefit from doing liquidity risk management right, particularly in a post-Lehman world. Lehman…

FSClub 8th June: Mobiles and M&A

We have two club meetings taking place on the same date in June.  8th June to be exact. On 8th June we have a meeting in Ireland focused upon Mobile Finance, as a follow-on to our London meeting which takes place on 28th May, and a meeting in Vienna focused upon M&A in CEE. FSClub…

FSClub 8th June: Mobiles and M&A

We have two club meetings taking place on the same date in June.  8th June to be exact. On 8th June we have a meeting in Ireland focused upon Mobile Finance, as a follow-on to our London meeting which takes place on 28th May, and a meeting in Vienna focused upon M&A in CEE. FSClub…

The danger that SEPA may not happen

I was invited to a conference this week and given the title of the talk as: “Why there’s a very real danger that SEPA may not happen”. As a good European who believes in the PSD and SEPA, I declined to discuss this and invited my long-time acquaintance Sir Jonathan Brit to speak on my…

The danger that SEPA may not happen

I was invited to a conference this week and given the title of the talk as: “Why there’s a very real danger that SEPA may not happen”. As a good European who believes in the PSD and SEPA, I declined to discuss this and invited my long-time acquaintance Sir Jonathan Brit to speak on my…

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