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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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The UK's economic disaster is beginning to filter through to front line news
Morrisons is set to cut over 200 jobs from its retail people team, the Retail Gazette has reported this morning. It adds that this forms part of a significant cost-saving initiative, becoming the latest supermarket to announce such measures as... Continue reading
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Fight or flight? All that glitters is not gold. RBC Bluebay
In his latest weekly insight Mark Dowding, BlueBay CIO, RBC BlueBay Asset Management, discusses the outlook for the US, credit, UK, France, and Japan. The inauguration of Donald Trump stole the attention at the start of this week, with the... Continue reading
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Trump 2.0, a song of fire and ice
In his latest weekly insight, Mark Dowding, BlueBay CIO, RBC BlueBay Asset Management, discusses the outlook for the US, France, UK, Japan, and Romania. US Treasury yields declined over the past week, in the wake of a benign CPI report... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Brian Bollen's Blog
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FSB develops analytical framework and toolkit to assess climate-related vulnerabilities
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a report on the assessment of climate-related vulnerabilities. Building on the FSB Financial Stability Surveillance Framework and work carried out by members, the report provides an analytical framework and toolkit to assess climate-related... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Universal Investment Group appoints Jeremy Albrecht as Country Head and CEO for Universal Investment in Luxembourg
Universal Investment Group (UI), a fund services platform and Super ManCo, has announced today (January 16) the appointment of Jeremy Albrecht as its new CEO for Luxembourg. He will be responsible for heading UI’s Luxembourg platform, which consists of both... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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British Business Bank agrees £150m ENABLE Build transaction with Shawbrook
The British Business Bank reports that it has agreed an ENABLE Build transaction of up to £150m with specialist bank Shawbrook to increase the amount of development finance it provides to UK smaller housebuilders. Shawbrook has surpassed £2bn of lending... Continue reading
Posted Jan 16, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Global standard-setting bodies publish three final reports on margin
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) today (January 15 2025) published final reports on initial and variation margin in centrally cleared and... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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British Business Investments announces innovation advance facility
British Business Investments has this week announced an initial £20m funding facility to Sprk Capital Limited (Sprk), toprovide capital to smaller businesses in the UK engaged in innovation. Sprk is a speciality lender to companies engaged in the innovation sector.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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The ICMA Quarterly Report is now available
The ICMA (International Capital Market Association) Quarterly Report for the First Quarter of 2025 is is now available for download at www.icmagroup.org. It includes thought leadership features on: fixed income ETFs (exchange-traded funds): growth, innovation, and impact on bond markets;... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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US Equity Trading Business gaining momentum
US equity trading commissions rebounded in 2024, reaching $6.2bn, according to annual research from Crisil Coalition Greenwich with hundreds of US institutional equity investors. This follows a drop from $7.4bn in 2021 to $5.4bn in 2023. The increase is attributed... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund selects CACEIS
The Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund has selected CACEIS and the CACEIS Pensions Centre to provide custody, accounting and performance services as part of a £3.5bn mandate. CACEIS says its Pensions Centre will provide Lincolnshire County Council Pension Fund with... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2025 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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God Bless Us Every One
“God bless us every one,” says Tiny Tim, in the novella A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Every year, since first reading the book when I was in my very formative years, I find myself drawn back to that expression... Continue reading
Posted Dec 23, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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The Lauterbrunnen Valley
Posted Jul 25, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Back on form with pizza
Posted Jun 4, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Home-made stuff
Posted Apr 30, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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I am sure you all know that the important fact...
I am sure you all know that the important fact about today, April 19, 2024, is that it is exactly 100 years since Airdrieonians FC won the Scottish FA Cup for the only time, beating Hibernian 2-0 at Ibrox Park... Continue reading
Posted Apr 19, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Hail, Populus, a parable from Rome for modern times
Posted Apr 10, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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I don't think this was a try
I don't think this was a valid try: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/68395119. The player's feet were in touch when he put the ball down and one of the first lessons I learnt when starting to play rugby back in 1968 or 1969 was... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Another Mighty Landmark
This week marks another personal landmark, in that it was 40 years ago this week that I made my first-ever sale as a professional writer. It was of a one-line topical gag, to The News Huddlines, at that time a... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Saturday Night With The Cassiopeia String Quartet
Posted Jan 28, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Another Day, Another Freelance Milestone
Today marks 31 years to the day that I left the Financial Times for the last time as a staffer and launched into the freelance world (January 22 1993). When I arrived home that Friday afternoon there was a commission... Continue reading
Posted Jan 21, 2024 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Jam Tomorrow? WHY TIME REALLY MATTERS IN ECONOMICS
Posted Dec 11, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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UK is a hub for innovation, but business still struggling to scale up
YFM Equity Partners has released new research today showing that despite the fact that UK entrepreneurs generate £950bn in annual revenue, entrepreneurs in the most innovative regions are struggling to access the funding they need to grow. The findings are... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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DHO Journal 2023
Posted Oct 17, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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Anyone out there fancy a cycling challenge?
Posted Sep 28, 2023 at Brian Bollen's Blog
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