Can Banks Avoid the Road to Rouen?
New entrants, peer to peer lenders, financial technology companies etc are currently making bold claims about how they will change the banking industry. But superior... Read More
What makes a bank a great investment for shareholders?
In January 2007, the management consultants Mercer Oliver Wyman named Anglo Irish Bank “the best bank in the world”. By April 2011, to bail out... Read More
UK regulator encourages new entrants
Since the financial crisis, most banks have been hit by a tsunami of regulation. Just as there is a credit cycle, there is also... Read More
Debt, equity and imbalances
Many people think that capitalism is divisive. rich v. poor or owners v. workers but I think the most interesting division within capitalism, is... Read More