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On the Record

Since November 2011 companies working in the equity, bond, financial and commodity derivatives markets have had to comply with the Financial Services Authority's rules that require them to record all 'relevant communications' and store them for six months to prevent any professional misconduct or illegal activities like insider trading from taking place....read more here.

Published by Banking Technology on 18th April 2012.

Clearing and Settlement Working Group Holds First Meeting

Does the industry need a new body looking at the clearing and settlement issues raised by new regulation? The London-based Financial Services Club thinks it does, and has set up a clearing and settlement working group...read more here.

Published by Banking Technology, 2nd March 2012.

Forecast: End of Quantitative Easing?

Read page 13 of the March-April edition of World Finance here. Also, 'Do stock exchange rallies enhance international relations?". Find out if they do on pages 44-46.

Client:WN Media; World Finance magazine.

India and China Trading Places?

Some financial commentators are advising that investors forget about China this year and put their money into India. But while it is true that both countries demonstrate some considerable similarities in the way their economies are being (successfully) run, there remain a number of key differences that set them apart; and indeed further research suggests that China will continue to outpace its major rival for the time being – albeit perhaps not for long.  Read more here.

Client: Diplomat magazine.    

Forecast January-February 2010: 'The Hard Slog Ahead'

The IMF has predicted that global growth will be at least three percent in 2010. While confidence appears to be returning to markets, analysts and commentators suggest that the bubble could burst. Stock markets have rallied positively; oil and gold are expected to continue to achieve record prices, and reports suggest that the recession is over in the US and the Eurozone...Read the complete article by clicking here.

Client:WN Media; World Finance magazine.

Can Western Economies Learn From Central And Eastern Europe?

Graham Jarvis looks to Poland and the Czech Republic for lessons on how the West might better have avoided the present financial and economic crisis.

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The Impact of the G20 - April 2009

"The London Summit, it was hoped, would provide the groundwork for a coherent global strategy to deal with the current financial crisis. Amidst reports of the scale of IMF investment we ask whether this was the day the world came together; or did they?" Read more on Worldfinance.com.