Assoc Prof - banks/finance. Author of The Bank Culture Debate + The Fault Lines of Inequality.
Joined September 2014
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Banking in the UK reportedly in decline? Not dissimilar challenges in recruitment in the US. This was one topic I found fascinating during this project:
Huw Macartney retweeted
Labour has removed the aristocrats. Now it must confront the assetocrats
By Huw Macartney, whose new book on the financial and political activities of members of the House of Lords is published this week.
@HuwTLMac
labourhub.org.uk/2026/10/27/…
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New @TrussellUK research today:
- c 9 million people facing severe hardship and at risk of needing to use a food bank. 2.9 million children and 6 million adults.
- Would be much worse if gov hadn't lifted the 2 child limit, - protected >600,000 people…
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Chris Clarke and I just published this journal article on banking reform in the UK. Feeling very grateful. This one started before Covid and "life happened" in the midst of writing it. Feels rather special finally seeing it in press
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short think-piece I wrote on Trump and a crypto "arms race"
theconversation.com/trumps-p…
This is wrong. Yes, economies change. But politics has EVERYTHING to do with the concentration of wealth in the hands of a select few:
"To be clear: these shifts are organic rather than by design." ft.com/content/b325af8f-1864…
what could possibly go wrong (again)?
"An increasing number of banks have begun using synthetic risk transfers (SRTs) to manage credit risk and lower capital requirements. Through this banks can effectively reduce regulatory capital charges"
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Huw Macartney retweeted
When even the Bundesbank chief starts calling for a softer debt brake to boost investment, you know we're entering a different geological era!
Bundesbank chief calls for softer debt brake to ramp up investment ft.com/content/702d21e5-63d7… via @ft
Our journal article on BlackRock and the asset management industry was published today tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Lots of good pointers here about the risks of using social media as a substitute for relaxation
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"I hope to be proved wrong. But right now it looks as though the shadow of austerity policies adopted in error 14 years ago will continue to darken Britain’s prospects for many years to come" (Paul Krugman)
Oops! "A Citi trader in May 2022 intended to sell a basket of shares with a value of $58mn but entered details that created a basket valued at $444bn."
ft.com/content/87303d4b-5c3b…
