18/6/2010 Custodians are clearly at the centre of the securities industry with massive influence on the
efficiency or not of the global markets. Through their sub custodial networks the Global Custodian is without doubt ... Whatever happened to the customer is always right? 18/6/2010 If there is one thing
financial services organisations should always do, it is to actively maintain their client relationships. It is a core function
and can make or break a firm. However, in recent years, it has ... The Best Execution Myth 30/3/2010 MiFID has been in for a few years now and it's had a tremendous
impact on European markets but unfortunately not all good. The very laudable objectives that MiFID addresses really cause
the ... The neutering of decision makers 29/03/2010 At last weeks Fix Protocol (FPL) conference there was the expected presentations
from all the usual suspects. Expert people from leading organisations in the securities market all debated the problems of
... The eternal coin or eternal value 26/03/2010 This week's debate at the Long Finance roundtable, the influential
think tank of academics associated with the finance industry presented the "Search for the Eternal Coin" to an engaged
... House prices about to crash 18/03/2010 At a recent roundtable of top economists at the Long Finance Group
together with a think tank of leading City professionals, the over whelming view was that house prices were certain to crash.
Timing was debated ... eBam and Corporate Customers 22/02/2010 With all the fuss around banking services for their corporate customers
or should I say lack of, the news that Bank of America Merrill Lynch is working with IdenTrust to solve ancient operational
client data ... Post Bank a natural way to repeal acts of destruction 17/02/10 The
call by the Small Business Institute for the creation of a Post Bank to offer basic business services to small enterprises
looks like a winner. Research has also shown that individual account holders at high ...
2009 Is SWIFT Running
Fast into a Monopoly? 10/11/2009 The news that SWIFT has been organising meetings between payment banks and several large Corporates in their Le Hulpe offices
could be seen as great news by many hoping for streamlining in the Euro zone payments area however, does it ... A New Dawn for the Banking Industry Begins Today 03/11/2009 Those that are regular readers of my blogs will
recognise the news today that the government is splitting up the bailed out banks, which was always my preferred way of getting
a return for the tax payer. Today marks the beginning of ... The Corporate Tsunami is coming 02/11/2009 Anthony Hilton made a statement in his Evening Standard
column that the world's corporates will be looking to refinance massively as the global economic crisis begins to subside.
We are both on the same wave length, as I made the same Tsunami analogy at ... Redundancy delays growth 30/01/2009 It was inevitable that as the world dives into
recession and profits disappear into history that the reaction of the majority of companies would be to cut costs and make
employees redundant. The cost of redundancy should never be measured by the immediate balance sheet impact but should also
take in... Voice
Recognition and card security 29/01/2009
At this weeks Purchasing Card Forum, Nick Ogden, founder of WorldPay and currently chairman and CEO of Voice Commerce Group presented the use of voice recognition as the next big thing in security.
He outlined that so far the methods used for card security have all been found.... Tesco's
beginning to look bank like 28/01/2009 I have written on the topic of high street stores entering banking before but it's now looking certain
that Tesco will be the first to go the whole hog. The Chief Executive Sir Terry Leahy appears to be on a mission to utilise
the many assets of Tesco and notably their Clubcard with all its client d... I.T.
Boom will follow Crisis 26/01/2009 Its normal practice for financial services firms to immediately cut costs and budgets when a financial crisis
hits. In my time working in banking I can remember on many occasions when some form of crisis appeared that the first reaction
was to freeze expenditure, the next was to cut costs the third ... Breaking
up the Banks 21/01/2009 Each day we hear of another bank deep in a hole of its own making. The billions and eventually trillions
of tax payer's money pitched into banks is taking some time to take effect and get the business moving again. More
Regulation or Better Regulation?16/01/09 At this week’s Securities & Investment Institute debate in London’s Mansion House some
eminent speakers in front of an expert audience debated “In
this current financial environment, more financial regulation is a major part of the solution”...... 2008
