When would we know our financial system is working?
This week’s ESMA & EBA report, “Principles for Benchmark-Setting Processes in the EU”, garnered headlines such as “EU plots to grab control of Libor from London”. Such sensationalism simultaneously leads to over-reaction and under-reaction. Libor is a known problem, but…
A visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in the East End of London on a cold February 2011 evening raised some fun musings on “long”. First, some background. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry casts bells, broadly of two types – big…
I was intrigued with a thought about “when did CO2 atmospheric concentrations actually become directly harmful”, i.e. we’d really really have to do something about it as human beings. From here – : “Carbon Dioxide is a powerful cerebral dilator.…
On 15 June 2010, the Real Time Club evening’s proposition for discussion was that new technology will move beyond a facsimile of current exchange to new means of exchange that are better for society as a whole. Future e-money synthetic currencies…
Gresham College – A Short, Personal, Alternative History Professor Michael Mainelli, Gresham Fellow & Trustee [October 2009 – originally written for the Mercers’ Company] Sir Thomas Gresham (1519-1579) traded cloth and linens between England and the Low Countries at a…
Securities & Investment InstituteAnnual DebateMansion House, LondonWednesday, 14 January 2009 “In this current financial environment, more financial regulation is a major part of the solution” For the motion:Dr Vince Cable MPMr Alan Yarrow FSI Against the motion:Professor Michael Mainelli FSIMr…
My Lord, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a real honour for me to have this opportunity to address a group of people who share my passion that standards markets can improve the world, this Association of British Certification Bodies. This…
After two years of hard work led by Jan-Peter Onstwedder and me, we finally launch the London Accord at Mansion House on the evening of 19 December. My Lord Mayor, Your Excellencies, My Lords, Secretary of State, Alderman, Sheriffs, [Councillors,…
“Barging In” , Lora Walsh Benson, Securities & Invesment Review, Securities & Investment Institute, September 2007, page 38. E957_Sii_main4mainelli
