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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.
Highlights of my week: The fireworks of the Commissioner-designate Hearings start next week and the US Presidential election will finally arrive. Will the betting markets be right? Either way, it seems that Europe is going to face some hard choices, including the rise of the BRICS/Global South. SRB’s Laboureix was clear that taxpayers will not have to bail out failing banks but the FT reported that the SEC seems to have thrown a spanner in such works for any bank with US holders of its AT1 bonds that need to be converted to new equity. ECON published a useful summary of the various reports affecting CMU and the ESAs produced a batch of papers and consultations on detailed rules. Finextra reported that Aquis and CBOE are teaming up to form a second bidder for the consolidated tape contract. The SSM’s Elderson laid out starkly some of the risks facing banks from climate change while the EFR wrote to EU leaders about the role of finance in mitigating climate change. The Brexit debate quietened down ahead of the UK’s budget but neither it, nor the supporting papers, even mentioned Europe/Brexit - better to ignore the elephant in the room.
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