I wrote the last piece about nationalisation, because I was reflecting upon the challenges involved in the banking sector right now. The bottom-line is that shareholder confidence has disappeared in the sector, especially in the UK. For example, on 12th December I put a chart together for one article as follows: Share Price …
For the past year, we have watched financial institutions regularly being nationalised, part nationalised or effectively nationalised in all but name. We happily accept that this is right, as banks are ‘too big to fail’. But is it right? Is nationalisation a good or a bad thing? Most folks who grew up under Margaret Thatcher,…
After tomorrow night's meeting, which debates whether banks pollute more than China, the next meeting of the Financial Services Club will be held on Tuesday 27th January 2009 with Dr. David Doyle, EU Policy Expert on Financial Markets, who will discuss the latest EU financial services legislation and associated initiatives. David spoke at the Club…
After tomorrow night's meeting, which debates whether banks pollute more than China, the next meeting of the Financial Services Club will be held on Tuesday 27th January 2009 with Dr. David Doyle, EU Policy Expert on Financial Markets, who will discuss the latest EU financial services legislation and associated initiatives. David spoke at the Club…
After tomorrow night's meeting, which debates whether banks pollute more than China, the next meeting of the Financial Services Club will be held on Tuesday 27th January 2009 with Dr. David Doyle, EU Policy Expert on Financial Markets, who will discuss the latest EU financial services legislation and associated initiatives. David spoke at the Club…
We launched a new wing of the Financial Services Club for Central & Eastern Europe on Wednesday. The first meeting was a discussion based around the theme: "Is there are crisis in CEE?" with four esteemed panellists, namely: Dr.Friedhelm Boshcert, CEO, Volksbank International (furthest left); Josip Protega, President of the Management Board, Hrvatska postbanska banka…
We launched a new wing of the Financial Services Club for Central & Eastern Europe on Wednesday. The first meeting was a discussion based around the theme: "Is there are crisis in CEE?" with four esteemed panellists, namely: Dr.Friedhelm Boshcert, CEO, Volksbank International (furthest left); Josip Protega, President of the Management Board, Hrvatska postbanska banka…
I was intrigued to see a report earlier this week that every Google search is equivalent to boiling a half-full kettle of water. In reports on Monday, all the newspaper headlines were saying things like: "Two Google searches 'produce same CO2 as boiling a kettle'". OMG! I'll never use Google again. In fact, I'm gonna…
