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THIS POST IS A YEAR IN THE MAKING. We discovered it unpublished in our web archive today and as the theme is still very relevant today, we decided to publish it: Today’s brief analysis of US Treasury Yield curves and the Debt profiles of both the USA and Italy highlights the enduring question in the … Continue reading Where will all the new money come from?

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The Future is Collaboration

Understanding the collaborative mind-set of the future

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An Ownership Revolution is required

We have been following the G20 'get those naughty multinationals in the tax tent' debates raging for a few months now, with amusement we have to add; here at theMarketSoul and have the following short thought piece to contribute to the debate. We know the 'outrage' really is all about the what the OECD calls … Continue reading An Ownership Revolution is required

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Behavioural Consequences – The UK Bond Market Rigging Scandal

Thoughts on over regulation and disincentives

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Are we all ‘Process Junkies?’

Business Process Design - The risks we run

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Transaction Cost Economics is ruining everything!!!

...or is it regulation and process not taking into consideration Transaction Cost Economics? This post is really a little rant. We just tried to contact a well known global financial services institution in London in order to enquire about the opening of a corporate bank account. We have a few why questions and cannot figure … Continue reading Transaction Cost Economics is ruining everything!!!

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Hiatus over!

Do we understand the Kuznets swing?

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An Insight into Cloud Computing

It strikes us that managing IT Service delivery maturity is a bit like the ‘Clouds’ before the major storm. Everyone is rushing around battening down the hatches, because the frameworks and tools are so rigid and require protecting; rather than having ‘modular’ solutions available that are both flexible enough to withstand the battering of the … Continue reading An Insight into Cloud Computing

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Corporate Culture

This question posed in a discussion forum made us pause and think: "Bosses think their firms are caring and "values-driven." Their minions disagree. I think it's hard from top-down, policy-driven firms to switch to values-driven because even the values are enforced top-down and bosses who have never listened carefully to their employees don't suddenly start … Continue reading Corporate Culture

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House of Commons

We will be at the House of Commons on Thursday 29 September 2011 to attend with CIMA the "Members in practice 25 year celebration"

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The economics of Gap (Interim) or Freelance Management

We thought it about time to write an opinion piece on the dynamics (economics) around the Interim Management market, delivered from a UK perspective. This is a purely thought piece and opinion, not support by empirical research, but grounded in economic theory and an observation of the 'state of the current market'. The inspiration for … Continue reading The economics of Gap (Interim) or Freelance Management

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Crafting the Cynical Generation?

...continuing our conversation in the Economics of Taxation series (part 2) A European Generation ‘E’ enquiry – (‘E’ for employment) Referring to our previous article entitled ‘The Economics of Taxation’, today we elaborate and flesh out the basic ideas around taxation. The basic idea is that any form of taxation becomes a drain on … Continue reading Crafting the Cynical Generation?

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US Treasuries – An FX or a market call?

So it has finally happened. After threatening for months that a credit rating down grade was probable for the USA, Standard & Poor's finally took the 'big step' on Friday 5 August, after the major markets closed. So what next? In our article 'US Treasuries - Are the markets really that bothered?' published on 30 July 2011, … Continue reading US Treasuries – An FX or a market call?

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Economics of Taxation

There are in essence only two ways of taxing citizens: A Tax on Stock (Wealth) A Tax on Flows (Income or consumption) Within these two tax methodologies are hidden the minutiae of the tax regime system, but at a fundamental level, any tax raising authority has to look at these two options / methodologies available to … Continue reading Economics of Taxation

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The US Treasury Yield Curves #2 – Do you factor inflation into the deal?

In the previous article we posted, mention was made of the (0.72)% [negative 0.72%] real return US Treasury investors can currently expect on 5 Year Treasury Bills. The Nominal (quoted) Yield Curves and Real (Inflation adjusted) Yield Curves for two specific points in time, namely Friday 29 July 2011 and 30 July 2006 are listed below. Yield … Continue reading The US Treasury Yield Curves #2 – Do you factor inflation into the deal?

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The US Treasury Yield Curves – Are the markets really that bothered?

As a general introduction today we will look at two US Treasury Yield curves. The first Yield curve in the Curve graphic 1 below is the 3 Month bills compared to the 10 Year bills over the last 5 years. Yield Curve 1 In this table it is clear that the current 10 Year … Continue reading The US Treasury Yield Curves – Are the markets really that bothered?

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