DEBATE: Should the London Stock Exchange cut its hours to improve work-life balance for traders? Should the London Stock Exchange cut its hours to improve work-life balance for traders? Galina Dimitrova, director of investment and capital markets at the Investment Association, says YES. Trading hours in the UK are 8am to 4:30pm GMT — some of the longest in the world. That doesn’t sound like a long day, but traders [...]
DEBATE: Does the Hong Kong Exchange boss have any chance of winning over LSE shareholders? DEBATE: Can the Hong Kong Exchange boss win over LSE shareholders? Does the Hong Kong Exchange boss have any chance of winning over LSE shareholders? YES, says Benedict Spence, a freelance writer. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s takeover attempt may not sit well with some elements of the city, nor with some in Westminster, but at a time of insecurity over the future of the nation’s [...]
DEBATE: Even Goldman Sachs is relaxing its dress code – will City culture benefit from this trend? Even Goldman Sachs is relaxing its dress code – will City culture benefit from this trend? Beatrice Timpson, a political communications consultant, says YES. The days of the lounge suit are numbered. Its demise is not so much desirable as inevitable. Just as the French Revolution killed off foot-high wigs and knee breeches and the First [...]
DEBATE: Should we welcome proposals for the so-called Tulip Tower in the City? January 23, 2019 Should we welcome proposals for the so-called Tulip Tower in the City? David Buik, market commentator at Core Spreads, says YES. Sir Norman Foster’s first commercial building in the UK was the Sainsbury Centre of Visual Arts in Norwich, completed in 1974. Now that same architect has designed the Tulip Tower, to be erected and built (subject [...]
DEBATE: Will our growing enthusiasm for low-alcohol drinking change the very culture of the City? October 22, 2018 Will our growing enthusiasm for low-alcohol drinking change the very culture of the City? Christi Tronetti, marketing director at creative agency isobel, says YES. If New York is the city that never sleeps, London has always been the city that never stops drinking. When I first moved here from NYC, I thought I could drink – [...]
Will September be a particularly cruel month for investors? August 30, 2016 David Buik, market commentator at Panmure Gordon, says Yes. As a committed Brexiteer, it is imperative to be eternally optimistic, particularly in the face of hysterical Remain financial forecasting which emanated from the establishment, encouraged by a slew of eminent economists. After Brexit, further quantitative easing and a rate cut were quickly introduced, which resulted in [...]
Why won’t Labour have lunch with the City? We’d welcome an honest debate July 29, 2014 WHEN Labour left power in 1979, many of the party’s grandees and politicians accepted invitations to have lunch with me and a coterie of City bankers. Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Peter Shore and Eric Heffer numbered among those who agreed to some gentle hospitality, providing an opportunity for all parties to exchange views and ideas [...]
