The old boys’ luncheon club
I spent the bulk of Friday last attending Bob Catto and Jeremy Lyon's old boys’ luncheon club, located on this…
7 years ago
Evil Knievil
A bid on the way at William Hill?
Until last weekend I summarised to myself that Barnier and Juncker's line was that since we declined to be governed…
7 years ago
Aberdeen Anguish
A day in the life of a fund manager: the chairman emailed early yesterday with the pithy advice that something…
7 years ago
Zuma should head straight to jail
The SFO have formally charged Barclays over the dealings with Qatar about ten years ago. I asked a partner in…
7 years ago
Elon Musk has sublimated to the land of pure fantasy
Seeking Alpha offered a coruscatingly sceptical commentary (9th February) on Elon Musk's latest analysts' conference where the subject was the…
7 years ago
It’s a funny old world
Sheer professionalism: when the SFO cooked up charges against the Tesco 3, I thought that that would be difficult. But,…
7 years ago
What’ll he say when Wall Street goes down?
I just had to buy Bitcoin this morning since Lloyds Bank banning its customers from using their credit cards so…
7 years ago
Yes, it’s that bad
Capita (LON:CPI) updated the market this morning with an RNS on "transformation, capital structure, funding and trading outlook". As I…
7 years ago
A residual sense of romance
I have long previously decided that the sole purpose of most financial institutions is to rip off the public. However,…
7 years ago
Evil Knievil: Musk has got chutzpah
I am sure the Dorchester sensibly seek to distance themselves from the shenanigans at The Presidents Club's function, since although…
7 years ago