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Financial Regulation Reform Explained
May 13, 2022 | Leave a Comment
In early May 2010, I was able to interview David Wright, Deputy Director of DG Internal Market and Services at the European Commission. At the time of writing, the United States and European Union are both very committed to reforming the regulation of financial services. They are
May
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We Need To Rethink Markets And Economics
May 13, 2022 | Leave a Comment
In March 2010, your author attended a Brussels based event related to agriculture. I know, relevance??? One of the panelists was Sir Crispin Tickell, a former adviser to Margaret Thatcher. He spoke in the broadest macro terms about the problems ‘we’ face. He speaks about town planning,
May
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Proposed Rules For Short Selling
May 13, 2022 | Leave a Comment
At the end of April 2010, I was able to attend the European Financial Services Conference in Brussels. The event is mainly policy related and full of representatives of the big investment banks and insurance firms. Since there is new legislation being drafted - on both