London Banker

In 1987 I used the title of this post to describe the brand new Basel Capital Accords. I was a young and novice central banker, but as soon...

The latest twists and turns in the Greek bailout fiasco have combined with a disturbing insight into FSA attitudes here in the UK to make m...

I came across a new word today playing Scrabble: Anomie : a collapse of the social structures governing a given society. Now that is one...

Over the past 25 years the financial markets of the world have become highly concentrated in the intermediation of a handful of firms, and r...

“Greenspan is an ex-Maestro; his reputation is pushing up the daisies, it’s gone to meet its maker, it’s joined the choir invisible. H...

The title statement summarises the challenge for the global manufacturing sector with Japan's industry and logistics disrupted for an u...

In December 2008 I came off the fence and plumped for deflation as inevitable . Mostly I reasoned that debasement of accounting practice, m...