This evening I was fortunate in attending a seminar organised by the Financial Services Authority dealing with the regulator’s vetting process for senior management in financial institutions (termed “Significant Influence…
The Financial Services Authority has stunned the City of London by fining JP Morgan £ 32.2 million for transgressions relating to the client money and asset regulations. I will not…
This is the name of a life coping methodology that I feel duty bound to share with the readers of this blog. Invented by David Allen and his company in…
Prudential’s bid to acquire AIG’s Asian operations is coming to a close as talks are close to collapse. AIG’s board has voted against a revision to the Pru’s revised offer of…
Something I have heard time and time again from former regulators is the saying ” we trusted the bankers – they betrayed our trust so we now need to change…
Let me tell you about my journey home from work this evening from the City of London. The temperature outside was 29 centigrade – hot and muggy by normal standards….
As I sit in my garden enjoying the rare London sun, I dream of a perfect life. This welcome sun fills me with optimism and gives me Californian ideals leading…
One of my newish roles in life is mentoring CEO’s and other senior management in the financial services sector as they prepare for their day with destiny – the Significant…
The Lord Triesman affair clearly illustrates the power of the media to shape events to a degree that is totally disproportionate to what is should be. England are bidding to…
As my son prepares to embark on his GCSE’s, I am compelled to reflect on the best way to educate our children so that they are ready to engage in…