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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: Eurogroup marked the 30th anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty coming into force and noted progress on many items such as the Single Resolution Fund reaching its target size but the ESM cannot yet provide liquidity. The Commission recommended that accession talks be opened with Ukraine: a momentous development as it will require a fundamental overhaul of the EU’s governance – perhaps even including Treaty change. Council and Parliament agreed on “instant payments” – a game-changer for EU consumers and businesses but one which will pose great challenges to a banking system already wrestling with PSD2’s revision. EFAMA was congratulatory on the Commission’s newly-agreed reviews of UCITS and AIFMD. International insurance supervisors (IAIS) outlined actions to address the protection gaps for the now-intense natural catastrophes. Council and Parliament agreed on the electronic ID to give all EU citizens a digital identity. The BIS published a paper on the performance of stablecoins - showing that not one of them kept its link at all times. Co-incidentally, EBA launched consultations on implementing the new Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (MiCAR) – recovery plans for issuers and their supervisory colleges. SUERF’s McCauley pointed out that not paying interest on banks’ reserves could push euro-deposits offshore – an own goal! TheCityUK launched its new paper on UK exports data – showing the financial (and related) services now account of about a quarter of Britian’s exports
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