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Brian Bollen
Flexible and prolific writer and editor, highly effective media coach, highly entertaining public speaker and novelist.
Interests: Journalism, Public Speaking, Switzerland, Running, Golf, Humour, Good Biographies and Autobiographies, WWII tales of derring do, especially with relation to Colditz and Stalag Luft III, Airdrieonians FC.
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Braverman must resign
Suella Braverman must resign. Simple as that. But then, she should have been sacked the moment the story came out in the press that she regards herself as being above the laws that she, as home secretary, is responsible for.... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Asset-liability mismatching should have no place in banking
We have heard a good deal of uninformed guff recently about asset-liability mismatches in the coverage of runs on banks and the spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. I first became aware of asset-liability mismatches in banking around the spring... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Parents stretching the finances to finance private schooling
I found this press release in my inbox this morning, and while it is not directly relevant to anything currently on my work sheets, it resonates with me as someone who bit the bullet in the summer of 1996 and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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No need to be alarmed, says Bank of England; so why I suddenly alarmed?
The Bank of England has, I just read in The Times, in effect said in the wake of news that UBS will rescue Credit Suisse, that there is no need to be alarmed about the British banking system. Why does... Continue reading
Posted Mar 20, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Blue Blood, Cazenove in the Age of Global Banking
Posted Jan 25, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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It was 30 years ago today
It was 30 years ago today. No, not that Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play, but 30 years since I left the Financial Times building for the last time as a full-time staffer and went freelance. It's been three... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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A Private Spy - The Letters of John le Carré
Posted Dec 3, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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If Gondolas Could Talk
Posted Nov 16, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle
Posted Oct 16, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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The issue of WHT reclamation: the view from Northern Trust
Helping out with a recent feature I wrote about withholding tax reclamation for Asset Servicing Times magazine, Howard Rapley, global product lead, securities services at Northern Trust, emailed his views on the topic right on deadline. Unfortunately they did not... Continue reading
Posted Sep 6, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Sadness Boosts Sustainable Investment
Emotions have a strong influence on purchasing decisions. Because of the growing popularity of assets with a strong focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, scholars decided to look at what role emotions can play in determining people’s preference... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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US Heads to the Moon, but European Inflation Remains on a Rocket Trip
Mark Dowding, CIO of BlueBay Asset Management, looks at UK recession risk, and European, US, and Japanese inflation. Global yields continued to move higher over the past week, as markets discounted a progressively more hawkish path for monetary policy in... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Energy Crisis and Inflation Dampen Growth Prospects
Nordic corporate bank SEB has released its latest Nordic Outlook report this morning. The report contains SEB economists' views on Swedish and worldwide economic developments, including the policy dilemmas brought on by the energy crisis and accelerating inflation, the impact... Continue reading
Posted Aug 30, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Fed Affirms Hard‑Line Approach to Taming Inflation
Posted Aug 30, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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PIMCO: Fed Reaction
By Tiffany Wilding, North American Economist at PIMCO As widely expected the Federal Reserve raised their target interest rate by 75 basis points taking the midpoint of their target rate range to 2.35% - just below their estimate for a... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Risks remain as China takes path to normalisation
By Carol Liao, China Economist, and Allison Boxer, US Economist, PIMCO Renewed growth in China’s manufacturing activity, coupled with softening developed market demand, should ease some supply-side pressures – but several other inflation risks remain prevalent. After months of COVID-related... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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PIMCO: Fed Preview
By Tiffany Wilding, PIMCO North American Economist At a minimum, we expect the Fed to announce another 75 basis point rate hike this week, and hint that a third 75bp hike may be necessary in September. Although Fed Governor Waller... Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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The US economy is teetering on the brink of recession
The US economy is teetering on the brink of recession, World Economics has stated this morning. Business activity indicators all remain close to the 50 "no growth" line. Business confidence is actually sitting right on the 50 no-growth fence. Both... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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PIMCO: Corporate Credit - Capitalising on Potential Disruption
A Q&A with Christian Stracke, global head of credit research & Adam Gubner, head of US corporate special situations at PIMCO Record corporate leverage and challenging macroeconomic factors are combining to create a compelling investment environment for managers with flexible... Continue reading
Posted Jul 22, 2022 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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One question I hope I would ask
There is one question I hope I would ask re events in Downing Street over the past 48 hours or so if I were an aspiring journalist trying to make a name. Is there any suggestion that one happy event... Continue reading
Posted Dec 9, 2021 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Boris Johnson must go
Boris Johnson must go. After the fiasco involving Christmas parties that his own shambles of a government decided the rest of us must not have, he must resign, not least because before long he will run out of others who... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2021 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Doctor Why?
I've said it before, but last night's episode of Doctor Who on BBC1 was the worst ever, and I have been watching the programme since the first episode was broadcast on November 23 1963. Words fail me, they really do.... Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2021 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Airdrie and the International Monetary Fund
Well, I never thought I would see Airdrie (my home town in central Scotland) and the International Monetary Fund in the same sentence, but it's there for all to see on the IMF website: https://blogs.imf.org/2021/10/31/not-yet-on-track-for-net-zero-climate-threats-demands-more-ambitious-global-action/ Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2021 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Pitching a BBC programme idea
I've been giving some thought to the utter lack of originality being displayed by the BBC in commissioning 'new' programmes, which are in effect endless derivatives of its own existing line-up, and I thought, if I can't beat them, why... Continue reading
Posted Apr 21, 2021 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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The Churchill Girls: The Story of Winston's Daughters
Posted Mar 26, 2021 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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