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Welcome to Graham Bishop.com

Tracking developments in the European Financial Markets

I have widened the array of my consultancy services to highlight my personal commitment to a deepening of European financial and political integration as the euro area proceeds along its "Roadmap for the completion of EMU" - as agreed by the Heads of Government in December 2012 and due to be fleshed out during 2013.

These consultancy services are designed to maximise your firm's ability to tap into my overview of progress in fitting together the jigsaw of the four work streams planned to lead towards euro area financial/political union. That overview is essential as the four streams span such diverse subjects that many firms are not structured to deal with the implications for their business. However, the vision of many Europeans about political integration has now entered a critical phase: either the euro area will develop into a close political union during the next decade OR it will disintegrate. Either way, you need to have your finger on this pulse.

If you do business in Britain, you must also work through the implications of the Prime Minister's effective commitment to a referendum that could see Britain exit the EU - 'Brexit'.

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Consultancy Financial Services Euro Crisis Education and Learning

 

In these times of unprecedented uncertainty over the EU and the euro, Graham Bishop brings his own unique perspective on where we are now, and how new regulations could affect the financial services industry in the future. 

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Graham's Services include:

Corporate Advisor to Banks & Hedge Funds
Graham provides regular support to a limited number of major banks, hedge funds and financial institutions.
Regular private reviews, 1 to 1 meetings, input to key committees

Private Briefings
A private meeting either on the general situation or on areas of specific interest. 
Specialist Briefings on key issues. Either as a one off or a package of 5 over a year


European Finance Forum
Access to these high level meetings is by invitation only, since places are very limited.
A public meeting to discuss current developments with key players.

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The Issues - Implications of the euro area completing EMU

The Euro Area - a €10tr Economy:
  • Slightly smaller than the US
  • 2x Japan
  • 3x China
  • 5x the UK

Regulation and Supervision at the European level:  
  • Influencing the value of major asset holdings
  • Impacting the type of business that is permitted
Investors should not let these developments surprise them 


The Four Work Streams of INTEGRATION:
 
Proceeding on different timescales but all will produce radical change within a few years -
  • Financial Framework
  • Budgetary Framework
  • Economic Policy
  • Democratic Legitimacy/Accountability
Quotes from Graham Bishop

"Either the euro area will develop into a close political union during the next decade, or it will disintegrate - we had better be prepared for either scenario."

"Bishop Bills are the front runner plan to save the euro area from ruin."

"The central problem for investors in European financial assets is that financial/political union may be all-or-nothing, and for a variable membership."

"Few investors have any mechanism to comprehend the state of play in evolving relations for all 4 work streams."

"There is a complete failure of market participants to appreciate the progress already made towards binding economic co-ordination."