Investment Banking


“EU too soft on Greece’s fiscal discipline”


“EU too soft on Greece’s fiscal discipline”

May 2010

Conversation with Yves Mersch, Governor, Banque centrale du Luxembourg on the EU’s role in the Greek crisis – on Luxembourg as a financial centre – coping with the crisis – balancing supervisory duties between the central bank and the banking regulator


“Leadership from the Crisis Years”


“Leadership from the Crisis Years”

April 2010

Sir George Mathewson, former Chairman of RBS


“Scaling up the IADB to meet growing development needs”


“Scaling up the IADB to meet growing development needs”

December 2009

(Part 2 of 2) Conversation with Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
- responding to criticism makes institutions stronger - don’t force national agendas - processes for starting infrastructure projects - relationship with other development banks - China as a donor member - the future of development banks


“Scaling up the IADB to meet growing development needs”


“Scaling up the IADB to meet growing development needs”

December 2009

(Part 1 of 2) Conversation with Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank
- stepping up lending in a crisis - new challenge in climate change - preparing for a possible $180 billion capital increase - staff skill sets


“Robert Theleen on small business corporates and privatisation in China”


“Robert Theleen on small business corporates and privatisation in China”

July 2009

(Part 3 of 4) Conversation with Robert Theleen, Chairman and CEO, ChinaVest

Venture capital as catalyst - international capital access - inflation and deflation - cost of real capital - innovation in capital sourcing - China


“Robert Theleen on small business corporates and privatisation in China”


“Robert Theleen on small business corporates and privatisation in China”

July 2009

(Part 2 of 4) Conversation with Robert Theleen, Chairman and CEO, ChinaVest

Entrepreneurs - privatisation - national strategy - private equity - Americans and China - competition - governance and reform


“HSBC’s Stephen Green says that his bank is not going back into consumer finance in the US”


“HSBC’s Stephen Green says that his bank is not going back into consumer finance in the US”

June 2009

(Part 2 of 5) Conversation with Stephen Green, Chairman, HSBC
Internal reorganisation and business model shifts