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Thanks Nick for your kind comment and i will return to this topic in the future

Thanks Gerhard, in these difficult times i think its easy to try and build new structures and introduce new rules and laws when the past might hold some anwsers. The Stock Exchanges and MTFs, dark pools and so on are new manifestations that all have their own values. So i am not saying stop or prevent innovations such as HFT but i building these new technology innovations we are leaving out traditional investment and the need for small companies to grow and become large. When i hear very wealthy and succesful entenprenours say they will not go for listing on Stock Exchanges i have to question the ability of the financial markets to provide the fundementals they were originally created for 

This is great news and opens the door for UK entry. This will debated at the next Post Trade Forum on T2S and T+2 settlement hosted by the Stock Exchange on the 26th June

This is now moving fast. The Post Trade Forum is organising a debate on LEI hosted by BT in September and will examin the full potential of the new identity standard

From a business and personal point of view i have not visited my bank for years and years. All payments and receipts are on line against electronic invoices. I will no doubt soon explore mobile payments from the phone and further take control of my finances

I cant see the future looking much different for most people than from what i do. Does depend on the services from your bank i guess and maybe i am spoilt because my bank is very good

I already do and have done so for years. My son does not know what a cheque book is. Just a matter of time my friends

Hi Alan, thanks for this and i agree with what you say. My aim is to create interest and ideas how LEI can be introduced to gain business benefits. STP on a industry wide scale is miles from here today but i see LEI as an important componant to make it happen

To this end i am doing a LEI CPD event on Monday for the CISI hosted by SWIFT

I dug out an old presentation i did on LEI in 2004 and you know what ? It is still relevant today 

All in all he did a decent job. SWIFT is a far better organisation today than when he took over. Well done good job good luck in the future

Wrong! Who changed the entry conditions to allow Greece and other weaker economies in? As for people warning about the project there was plenty in the UK

You make my point very well. You believed what was being touted by politicians like millions of other people. It was sold so well you still believe it today despite all the evidence before you.

Who was it that created the Euro and the Eurozone? Who created the regulatory infra structure? Who sold the story that Europe would become the major global market? Who allowed strong economies to thrive upon the weak? Who still fail to lead and make decisions to get Europe out of the Crisis? I can go on and on but Brussels is on trial what is the case for the defence? Or isnt there one?