The City View: Matt Smith, SteelEye CEO, on regtech and market manipulation February 1, 2022 <iframe src=”https://omny.fm/shows/the-city-view-city-ams-daily-podcast/the-city-view-matt-smith-steeleyes-ceo-on-regtech/embed” width=”100%” height=”180″ frameborder=”0″ title=”The City View: Matt Smith, SteelEye’s CEO, on regtech, meme stocks, and market manipulation”></iframe> In today’s episode Andy Silvester speaks to Matt Smith, SteelEye CEO, on regtech, market manipulation and the year anniversary of the memestock story.
PM pulls out of tech chief meet-up following Sue Gray party report February 1, 2022 The Prime Minister pulled out of a well-publicised meeting with tech chiefs yesterday as he focussed on responding to the report into lockdown parties at Downing Street.
January 27: The City View with Baton Systems’ Jerome Kemp January 27, 2022 Today Andy talks to Jerome Kemp, President of Baton Systems, for a chat about distributed ledger systems and how his company is bringing ledgers into the 21st century. They discuss hashing, how this brings transparency to post-trade processing, why Baton Systems is at an advantage compared to the slow machinations of bureaucratic and established players [...]
The City View: January 20: The headlines and fintech in 202 January 20, 2022 Today Andy Silvester goes through the headlines, where there’s news about a return to work in the Square Mile, an increase in Deliveroo sales and a £1.2bn energy interconnector linking France to the UK being rejected. Andy is also joined by Alan Vaksman, Managing Director and co-founder of VC firm Digital Horizon for a discussion [...]
And they’re off! The Tory party looks for alternatives amid Johnson struggles January 20, 2022 ON Tuesday morning of this week, the furore surrounding Boris Johnson’s attendance at a lockdown garden party in May 2020 appeared to be dying down in Westminster. The Prime Minister’s apology in the house had, it seemed, put judgment day on hold until the publication of the now infamous Cabinet Office report from Sue Gray. [...]
The City View: January 19: Inflation and B-Corps January 19, 2022 Today Andy Silvester is joined by Kin + Carta CEO J Schwan, and by Jack Barnett to discuss today’s news on inflation and future rate rises by the Bank of England. Andy also goes through the headlines, which include GSK’s rebuttal of a £50bn Unilever merger, corporate results, and today’s political news as Boris Johnson [...]
Northern Tory MP defects to Labour ahead of testy PMQs over “disgraceful” Johnson behaviour January 19, 2022 Christian Wakeford, the Conservative MP for Bury South, has defected from the party to join Labour in a sign of the increasing pressure on PM Boris Johnson. It is another damaging blow to the Prime Minister as the fallout from his attending a lockdown garden party continues. The defection raises the stakes for the Conservative [...]
Virgin Galactic distances itself from chairman after controversial Uyghur comments January 18, 2022 Virgin Galactic has distanced itself from comments made by its chairman yesterday, urging that his views do not reflect that of the company’s. Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya told the All-In Podcast audience that “nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghur Muslims.” Venture capitalist Palihapitiya, amidst a discussion of human rights, said “of all the things [...]
City of London launches grant scheme for Omicron-hit Square Mile businesses January 18, 2022 Retailers and hospitality businesses that have been hit by a collapse in footfall due to work from home guidance will be able to apply for a grant from the City of London Corporation, it was confirmed last night. The Corporation, the Square Mile’s governing body, has put in the majority of the money behind the [...]
The City View: January 17: Credit Suisse and the BBC January 17, 2022 In this episode, Andy Silvester discusses the latest scandal at Credit Suisse, proposed changes at the BBC and a week’s worth of inflation data.
