Financial reform must go beyond FSA and BoE
Last week one of the biggest financial stories was George Osbourne’s effective dismantling of the FSA and returning full supervisory powers to the Bank of England. The problem being, of course,as has been widely pointed out, no regulator across the world appears to have really seen the financial crisis coming, instead living in hope that [...]
BP needs to recover investor confidence
The news today that BP is due to set aside $20 billion in compensation payments in a managed fund will come as welcome relief to investors, no doubt. While it can hardly be good news for any company, even one as oil-rich, literally, as BP, at least it will help put an end to some [...]
Finally setting up A1′s offices
It has been a while since I last posted due to the length of time required to set up the offices. Finding suitable offices has proven to be a surprisingly difficult endeavour, with quite a number on the market, but few actually properly suitable because of their existing design, not least in older buildings. However, [...]