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Etoile geopolitical: July 2012

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Sunday, 8 July 2012. Trust broken – can it be mended? By Ronald Hepburn, Etoile Partner. The Economist this week leads with an indictment of the lack of morals of the banking industry, globally (see Banksters. Banks need to rediscover their social purpose. About three years ago, just after Lord Turner, then Chairman of the FSA, accused the industry he regulated as being “socially useless” ( Financial Services Auth...It does a...

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Etoile geopolitical: Time for Barclays tabula rasa

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Thursday, 5 July 2012. Time for Barclays tabula rasa. By Etoile Partner, Martin Roche. Anything else will not be a tabula rasa. It will be a false start not a fresh start. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Etoile Partners is a geopolitical consultancy, operating globally. See www.etoilepartners.com for our full profile. View my complete profile. See our Focus on FDI with case studies. Trust broken – can it be mended?

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Etoile geopolitical: London does not have a divine right to rule the banking world.

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Monday, 2 July 2012. London does not have a divine right to rule the banking world. By Trevor Datson, Etoile Partner. Forget the individuals: Institutionally, London's banks are beginning to look and behave like wounded animals, and rival financial. Centres old and new are not only right to be licking their lips, they would be foolish not to. Emerging relatively unscathed from the credit crunch, Barclays. Of course, but we're...

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Etoile geopolitical: Is there a new force in British politics?

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Tuesday, 5 March 2013. Is there a new force in British politics? By Martin Roche, Etoile Partner. Last month, the Liberal Democrats, the minority party that shares power with the much larger Conservative party in Britain’s coalition government, won a by-election in the affluent southern England constituency of Eastleigh. What then happens to the Conservative Party out of office? Fractured parties are not confined to the dista...

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Etoile geopolitical: Trust broken – can it be mended?

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Sunday, 8 July 2012. Trust broken – can it be mended? By Ronald Hepburn, Etoile Partner. The Economist this week leads with an indictment of the lack of morals of the banking industry, globally (see Banksters. Banks need to rediscover their social purpose. About three years ago, just after Lord Turner, then Chairman of the FSA, accused the industry he regulated as being “socially useless” ( Financial Services Auth...It does a...

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Etoile geopolitical: November 2012

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Monday, 19 November 2012. The future of the Commonwealth. Etoile submission influences UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee report. By Martin Roche, Etoile Partner. London 15th November The UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. And huge numbers of citizens in member countries lack any clear understanding of its values and function or its relevance in their lives. We made two fundamental proposals:. The work prog...

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Etoile geopolitical: South Africa can be a new international finance star

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Thursday, 2 August 2012. South Africa can be a new international finance star. Article first published in South Africa's Business Report. How could this potential be unleashed? How could the biggest financial services economy in Africa position itself to become the financial hub for a booming “New Africa” - and compete on the global stage as a finance centre to rival other successful hubs like Singapore or Beijing? The way an...

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Etoile geopolitical: March 2013

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Ideas, thoughts and opinions for people involved in geopolitical policy-making. Thursday, 21 March 2013. A great event that underwhelmed the world. By Martin Roche, Etoile Partner. What a shame, say I. Have we become so jaded in the world that we don’t jump for joy when politicians and countries act from the finest motives? Have we stopped cheering for human and civil rights, for democracy and civilised conduct in the affairs of humanity? The Commonwealth, with its new Charter, has given itself a moral f...

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Ekogaia – writing for a better world. I am a multidisciplinarian with a broad practical and theoretical background. My broad interests include public activism in order to make the world a better place, ecological sustainability and speaking truth to power. Shadow dancing with debt: The credit ratings agencies must be reformed. Many institutions have reviewed the role of CRA’s over the years. Various UN bodies have examined them, both before the 2009 financial sector meltdown. There remains profound ambiv...