All articles by Douglas Blakey
Douglas Blakey
UK Chancellor Spring Statement – financial services sector reaction
Today’s forecasts today exclude any effect of the US/Israel-Iran conflict. As Andrew Sanford, Partner at Blick Rothenberg comments: “One has to question, with such uncertainty, what value can be placed on the forecasts?”
US-Israel / Iran conflict – industry reaction
Industry leaders from Lombard Odier, Saxo, Capital.com and Bentley Reid, discuss how the market is absorbing the impact of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran and what to look for next
Ed Davey calls out tax exiles: Roger Gherson responds
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is just one public figure calling out so-called tax dodgers in the UAE. Roger Gherson, senior partner at Gherson Solicitors and adviser to HNWs begs to differ
Full value: Mitigating operational risk to prevent value dilution on foreign equities
Stephen Everard assesses key issues likely to affect foreign portfolio investment over the rest of the decade, including geopolitical risk and re-alignment, re-shoring trends and incentives to increase investment in domestic stocks
Institutional crypto adoption remains flat in 2025: GlobalData
Findings of the exclusive GlobalData survey are not necessarily a negative signal
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When financial judgement becomes infrastructure
Dr Gulzar Singh explores how judgement in modern banks has gradually shifted into operating structures and workflows, and why responsibility has not been redesigned to match that shift
Interview: Unlimit’s Yulia Shevchenko on the regulatory reality behind global fintech expansion
Fintechs often describe themselves as “global” – but few understand what it truly takes to operate globally at scale. Yulia Shevchenko, Head of Authorisations at Unlimit, does
Give To Gain: International Women’s Day 2026 financial sector leader comments
The theme of IWD 2026, Give to Gain, is designed to encourage a mindset of generosity and collaboration
Quantum Computing – a game-changer for insurance?
Quantum computing holds promise for complex financial modelling, but current technology is limited by noise and qubit count, with practical applications still years away, despite theoretical speed-ups, explains Mark Brown
How lenders are transforming loan servicing for the AI/ML, GenAI, and Agentic Era – new Celent report alert
The report is timely as lenders consider the purchase of new, next generation loan servicing systems at the same time as the business imperative to add AI to platforms is intense