As Terry Wogan used to say “Is it me ” or do you also think 2015 was dull, dull, dull Here’s the case for the prosecution.
Do you remember it was just three years ago that the FSA was minded to make VCTS unregulated collective investment schemes Many of us rode forth to do battle. My contribution was to go and see them in their lair at North Colonnade with a fellow VCT director.
Last week a strong rumour surfaced that the Bank of England’s Andy Haldane will become Martin Wheatley’s replacement as CEO at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Could this be true and would he be taking on a “mission impossible”?
When business schools students study the evolution of equity crowdfunding in our country, they will see that the last week of July 2015 was a watershed.
When we look back in five years’ time, the ejection of the FCA’s CEO, Martin Wheatley, may have proven to be the catalyst for the capital advancement of British companies.
With a last-minute deal to stop Greece falling out of the single currency almost certain to bring misery, and newspapers alleging that Germany wants to treat Greece as a bust company, The City Grump believes its high time that the UK left the not-so-unified EU.
After the glorious victory for common sense in last Thursday’s general election, various bogeymen have raised their heads. The time has come to slay them.
The City Grump suggests that we wouldn't dare make fun of authority, be it religious, nationalistic or in the workplace.
For one column only, The City Grump becomes The Christmas Grump and explains why they are hoping for an EU-free new year for all.
Clifford Chance partner Simon Davis’ 225 page study of the FCA induced major fall in Insurance Companies’ share prices and the ensuing false market, on the 28th March this year, is a devastating insight into how unfit for purpose our financial regulator is and why this is so.
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