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Paul Penrose Head of Research at Finextra
The CEBR forecast for 20,000 credit crunched job losses in the City of London has been trumped by a new analysis from JPMorgan property analysts which puts the total number of redundancies at something closer to 40,000. To be fair, JPMorgan's figures embrace a wider definition of the 'City', taking in Canary Wharf and some parts of the West End, an...
15 April 2008 /wholesale Finextra50 fintech index
Elton Cane Digital product delivery at News Corp Australia
New Scientist reported yesterday on research from the University of Cambridge that suggests the movements of money in the financial markets are correlated to stock traders' levels of two hormones: the steroids testosterone and cortisol. Examining the cause vs. effect dilemma they found that traders who started their days with elevated testosteron...
15 April 2008 /wholesale
How do you get senior management buy-in for a commitment to environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality? By hitting executives where it hurts – in the back pocket. That’s the approach that’s been taken by HSBC, where environmental sustainability objectives have been linked to bonus payments in the board room. The global banking giant has co...
11 April 2008 /retail /wholesale Going green
This is one of the interesting topics that came up for debate at a risk event I attended yesterday organised by the CASS Business School in London and the Capco Institute. The recent sub-prime and liquidity crisis has prompted many commentators to look at the role of investment banking remuneration and management structures in building what Fortune...
09 April 2008 /wholesale Trends in Financial Services
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Vizuo XL Sports Vision Enhancement is a dietary supplement that claims to improve the agility, coordination and reaction speed of athletes which is now being used by Wall Street traders to help execute trading decisions more quickly, according to the makers of the product, Natural Athletic Nutrition. In a company statement, Will Horan, president ...
09 April 2008 /wholesale
George Soros has 'come out of retirement' albeit to launch his new book Credit Crisis 2008 and what it means. I haven't had time to read it yet so I'll go by his spoken words. Recent statements by Mr Soros on market transparency and market dynamics give food for thought. Perhaps if he could have given a little earlier warning of what was to come ...
09 April 2008 /regulation /wholesale Whatever...
Organisations that are tempted to cut back on green PC initiatives as part of wider IT cost-cutting efforts may find themselves out of pocket in the near- to mid-term, according to Gartner. For most companies, being green actually saves money and alleviates some of the pressure on IT budgets, says the analyst house. Here at Finextra, we'll be exp...
08 April 2008 /retail /wholesale Going green
Who would want to be a bank boss? Andrew Clare from the Cass Business School, clearly thinks it worth a punt. From the letters page of the FT: Sir I know that this is not normally the forum to advertise one's qualifications in the hope of finding a new career, but hopefully you will excuse the liberty. I have no experience whatsoever in running a b...
08 April 2008 /regulation /wholesale Whatever...
I note with continuing interest the news that the central banks are continuing to pump money into the markets to "ease liquidity" with a stunning lack of effect. It occurs to me that they seem to be missing the point. The issue is not a lack of funds, its a lack of trust. In essence, we're actually all swimming in a vast pool of liquidi...
08 April 2008 /wholesale SWIFT Matters
Two bank workers who stole 45 million yuan (HK$49.93 million) to buy lottery tickets have been executed in Hebei province, according to an AFP report quoting the Xinhau News Agency. The two vault managers started taking money from the safe to play the state lottery, hoping they would eventually win back enough to replace the missing funds. Makes y...
07 April 2008 /regulation /wholesale Whatever...
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