Tag Archives: Bim Afolami

Going out with a Bim!

One politician I will miss in power from July is the Treasury’s Bim Afolami. I doubt he will be missed much by the regulators but he speaks for business and for many people like me, trying to get growth into … Continue reading

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Bim full of angst, on the market floor.

Bim’s speech yesterday lunchtime was so widely reported in the trade press yesterday morning, I’m surprised anyone bothered turning up. You can watch him here Bim Afolami wants a “capital renaissance” so that capital locked up in our pension schemes … Continue reading

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Superfunds laid to rest in the quietest graveyard

  The DWP has a long list of duds, it has developed a capacity to convert a popular idea into a product that is singularly unloved. The list includes the DB pension, the CDC  pension , the pension dashboard and … Continue reading

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Bim gets his feet out of the “wet cement of institutional rigidity”

Last week I reported on Bim Afolami’s bold bold new approach to regulating the regulators This week , I decided to pedal over to Old Queen Street, by the Treasury, to witness this wise-cracking lawyer, banker and now Minister in … Continue reading

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