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Graham Bishop is renowned for his vision and the courage to propose radical ideas, yet ground them in a mastery of the technical details of the financial system. He has been referred to as a one-man think tank.
European Commission: His influence at the meeting point of politics, economics and finance has been recognised on many occasions - most recently when the European Commission asked him to study the attitudes of investors toward the euro area sovereign bond markets. In particular, he explored attitudes towards the potential for a “common euro area safe asset”: what characteristics should it possess and whether it would ameliorate any of the concerns expressed about the features of existing bond markets.
Graham's many pro bono activities illuminate and reinforce his Consultancy Services. His deep knowledge of Europe’s financial system is integrated with his understanding of EU economic and budgetary policy-making – whilst set within the necessary framework of democratic accountability.
He was a member of the Commission's Consultative Group on the Impact of the Euro on Capital Markets; of the Commission's Strategy Group on Financial Services; and of the Committee of Independent Experts on the preparation of the changeover to the single currency (1994/5).
This Website, as well as Graham's Consultancy Service, is designed to bring clients the direct insights that flow from Graham’s position as a leading technical analyst of economic and structural developments in the financial markets of Europe.
"Institutional investors and major financial firms now face a huge commercial challenge in Europe. The vision of political integration has entered a critical phase: ...."
"..analysis of obscure bureaucratic manoeuvrings towards fiscal union, labour mobility and tax co-ordination etc. is quite outside the comfort zone of many..."
"It is now entirely foreseeable that governments may make potentially far-reaching changes that would impact the valuation of European financial assets, as well as reforming the nature of the regulations governing key parts of the financial sector’s business".
"..So the consequences of this crisis will be historic – and will reverberate around global financial markets. The stakes for participants in European financial markets could not be higher.."
Consultancy services can take many forms: face-to-face meetings, telephone discussions, written comments, speeches, special articles, customised research projects, etc.
We have revised our approach to focus on the big themes for the next legislative period. We are targeting the interaction of the driving forces of politics and economics as they force the required changes in over-arching financial regulation. Details of these services are here
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Articles from 06 September 2019 - 12 September 2019
BrexitThe New York Times: Scottish court rules Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament illegal : A Scottish court has ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, a remarkable rebuke of the government’s hard-line tactics in trying to pull Britain out of the European Union. View ArticleThe Guardian: Boris Johnson 'will be forced from power if he defies no-deal law' : Boris Johnson would trigger a legal and constitutional crisis that would force his resignation as prime minister if he failed to obey a law mandating him to seek another extension to Brexit, according to high-level legal advice obtained by Labour. View ArticleFinancial Times: EU warns Johnson plan on rules divergence will hinder trade talks : Boris Johnson’s plans to diverge from EU rules after Brexit will reduce the bloc’s willingness to strike an ambitious trade deal with the UK, officials and diplomats in Brussels have warned. View ArticlePOLITICO: UK to become ‘economic competitor’ after Brexit, Merkel warns : The UK will become "an economic competitor on our own doorstep" after Brexit, Angela Merkel said, while stressing that she believes a no-deal exit could still be avoided. View ArticlePOLITICO: UK offers Brexit mini deals to side-step Brussels : The UK government is trying to bypass Brexit negotiations with the European Commission by proposing so-called mini deals to national capitals directly, diplomats say. View ArticleThe Guardian: UK recession fears recede after surprise economic growth : The risks of the UK sliding into its first recession in a decade have receded after a stronger-than-expected and across-the-board 0.3% increase in activity in July. View ArticleFinancial Times: No-deal Brexit would push UK into recession, warns KPMG : A no-deal Brexit would have a significant short-term economic impact on the UK, plunging the country into recession, causing a rise in unemployment and prompting an estimated 6 per cent slide in house prices, according to a report from global accountancy firm KPMG. View ArticleFinancial Times: Yellowhammer document sets out potential damage of no-deal Brexit : A no-deal Brexit would mean delays at Dover, widespread protests, travel disruption and potential shortages of food, medicines and fuel under the worst-case scenario laid out in the government’s official “Operation Yellowhammer” plan. View ArticleFinancial Times: Deutsche Börse’s Eurex makes fresh euro clearing push ahead of Brexit : Deutsche Börse has made a fresh attempt to pull euro interest rate swaps businesses from the UK by announcing it will scrap booking fees until the end of the year for customers that want to switch their portfolios to Frankfurt. View ArticleFinancial Times: £9bn pulled from UK company funds since Brexit vote : Much of continental Europe is hardening its attitude to Brexit in light of the power struggle in London between Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government and its parliamentary opponents. View ArticleBloomberg: Investors pull $1.5 billion from UK equities as Brexit bites : Savers jettisoned 1.2 billion pounds from UK equity funds in July, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson took power, according to figures published by the Investment Association, which represents fund managers. The withdrawals accelerated after outflows of 744 million pounds in June. View ArticleFinancial Times: Investors regain interest in UK equity funds : Investors have put money into UK equities for the first time in almost three months for the week ending Wednesday, as tumult in Westminster reduced the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. View ArticleCommercial Risk Europe: Experts say buyers will enjoy contract and claims certainty post-Brexit : Experts have told insurance buyers in Germany to expect contract certainty and claims to be paid post-Brexit, as insurers and regulators have stepped up to the plate to solve potential problems. View ArticleFinancial Times: Industry pulls plug on investment before Brexit : Manufacturers are halting investment in their businesses ahead of Brexit, with even stockpiling activity now subdued only weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU, raising worries over whether the sector is less prepared than six months ago. View ArticleBCC: Business still unable to prepare fully for a no deal Brexit : New research from the British Chambers of Commerce shows a concerningly high number of UK firms aren’t ready for a no deal Brexit. View ArticleFCA steps up efforts to ensure firms are getting ready for a no-deal Brexit : The Financial Conduct Authority is stepping up its efforts to ensure firms are aware of what they need to do to prepare for the potential of a no-deal Brexit. Firms who have not prepared appropriately may risk an impact on their business. View ArticleFinancial Times: EU loses patience with the quarrelsome British : The view that no deal may be the least bad of all the unappealing options is growing in Europe. View ArticleThe Guardian: No-deal Brexit will not be clean break, Irish PM warns Boris Johnson : The Irish prime minister has warned Boris Johnson there will be no “clean break” from the EU, with further fraught negotiations to come if Britain crashes out without a deal. View ArticleBloomberg: Ireland wants a Brexit deal but not at any price, Varadkar warns : Ireland won’t accept a Brexit deal at any price, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said, as he warned that the country faces the U.K. leaving the EU without an agreement “for a period.” View ArticleThe Federal Trust: The UK needs a Brexit referendum not a Brexit election : Brendan Donnelly argues that a cross-Party government is best placed to ensure that the UK does not leave the EU on 31st October with "no deal;" and that a referendum rather than an election should be the primary task of this cross-party government. View Article
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