Best Practice Group – New Court Rulings
This paper considered how recent court rulings affect vendors’ responsibilities when outsourcing contracts go wrong. It looked at what happens when vendors represent themselves as experts and how both the vendor’s and purchaser’s behaviour can affect the way the courts interpret a contract.
Major international company – Radio technology in traffic management
I edited a white paper for a leading international company, which explained how radio technology could be used to create networks for traffic management. The paper set out the advantages over other technologies, such as fibre and WiFi, and gave examples of how a radio network could be deployed.
London Stock Exchange – Post-Trade Technology: Reactive or Progressive?
This white paper discussed how post-trade systems had developed on a piecemeal basis, in response to changes in the trading environment such as new regulations and the emergence of alternative asset classes. It then went on to outline the features a post-trade system should have, to enable it to respond quickly and easily to future changes. Download a copy.
London Stock Exchange – Trading in Europe from a US Perspective
This was a white paper aimed at US professionals who were thinking of trading in European capital markets. It looked at how changes in regulations, new technology and the growth of strategies such as high-frequency trading had affected cash equity markets, reporting and clearing of swaps, and transaction reporting. Download a copy
85FOUR – Has the Recession Encouraged Companies to Say More?
The first of several white papers I have written for this leading agency, mainly on the latest trends in annual report narratives. As the title suggests, this paper considered whether the recession was encouraging companies to say more about their businesses and the way they were performing. Read more
85FOUR – Mind the Gap
A second white paper on annual report narratives. This paper reviewed the latest research on the subject and focused on the differing performance of the FTSE 100 and the FTSE 250. Read more
85FOUR – A Model Report
This paper analysed the requirement in the new UK Corporate Governance Code for companies to describe their business models in their annual reports. It explored the differences between strategy and the business model, and looked at current practice, including which companies were already doing well in this regard.
Carnegie Orr – Making the Middle More Central
A white paper on how companies could improve the quality and relevancy of their corporate governance reporting, surveying recent changes to the regulatory landscape and offering practical tips for improvement.
