London Banker

An American friend sent along the New York Times hatchet job on Mervyn King . It is a classic of its genre. The first four sentences inclu...

A Holding Company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while a policeman searches you. - Will Rogers, 1935 Plus ça change, pl...

It's February already! When I was just 19 someone told me that when I turned 21 the speed at which time elapses would double, and then ...

"Man is man because he is free to operate within the framework of his destiny. He is free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choo...

In common with much of Britain, my plans for the holidays were sacrificed to an untimely 'flu. Nasty. Very nasty. But now I gain stre...

I was looking at the preferred asset classes under the Basel Accords in my previous post on why central banks are so determined to stave of...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Wh...