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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: Audible sighs of relief in Brussels as the Polish election results came through…However, the basic problem of the EU’s fiscal rules is not yet resolved. Political commentators are looking at the differentiation of circles of EU membership ahead of a possibly major enlargement, especially after the European Political Community meeting in Granada as a larger EU cannot just be a talking shop without common policies. The IMF blogged about the problems for many banks of “higher for longer” interest rates but anyone with a sense of history will just think that normality has finally returned. The SRB/SSM seminar on CMDI tackled the basic issue of why the post-GFC resolution framework has hardly been used in practice. The German banking industry is supporting stronger banks/financial markets but others are wondering if “CMU” has not provided a label for many different goals. The Commission’s “Platform” has opened an excellent Q&A method of getting feedback on practical problems flowing from the green Taxonomy while the FSB reports that all jurisdictions have taken steps to enforce climate-related disclosure (even if only at the level of proposals). The EBF requested clarity on the precise data requirements for the ECB’s climate stress test. The digital euro may be a big step closer: the ECB has finished its investigation phase and will move to testing – but still without a commitment to an actual launch. Eurogroup welcomed this. A high profile Brexit blow was reversed as the market capitalisation of Paris fell below London’s, but questions arose about the global leadership of the UK’s green finance, while the Bank of England announced that it would implement completely in the UK the new CPMI standards for cross-border payments.
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