Tag Archives: FTX

For those who want to make pensions sexy to Gen Z and young millennials…

Posted on December 2, 2022 by henry tapper

Where do young people invest? This article tells you what the smart grad about town, has been doing with the spare cash which we want to attract to long-term saving for retirement. Thanks to Ethan Wu of Unhedged  Sign up … Continue reading →

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Crypto lives outside the regulatory perimeter – just let it burn.

Posted on November 27, 2022 by henry tapper

Apparently the crypto boom has burst for the Miami nightclubs that prospered on the extravagance of crypto nerds who made and paid for their parties in bit coin. The new partygoers were “95 per cent men, young . . . with a kind … Continue reading →

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FCA, TPR v LDI and FTX – a difficult discussion in the House of Lords

Posted on November 16, 2022 by henry tapper

  It is alarming to listen to the regulators answering the questions of the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee.  There were admissions from both the Pension Regulator and the FCA that they had insufficient information on LDI to … Continue reading →

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The fall of FTX – is $32bn a cheap price for a valuable lesson

Posted on November 12, 2022 by henry tapper

No matter how successful the liquidators, the losses incurred by the investors in the FTX business empire are going to be large and painful and -sadly – many who lose money will be vulnerable and the losses will really hurt. … Continue reading →

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