Finance and fintech
VCs: What’s HOT?🔥… and what’s hella NOT?💩
“Streamlined” is how Kibo Ventures’ co-founder, Aquilino Pena describes today’s funding environment. We’re at Barcelona’s bustling Mobile World Congress. He’s onstage, talking in a panel. I’m on a plastic chair in the stalls,
The epic power of partying
My legs are 🔥BURNING🔥 right now. And it’s been six entire days since I stopped dancing at the FFAwards. SIX. Thank god I wore my comfy heels. I’ve just returned from London’s epic
You know you work in finance when…
Hope you like my list! If you’ve got any more to add, I’d love to hear them! Here are a few pics of my days working in finance 👇👇👇
Are we living at the start of a dictatorship?
Today’s politics is full of noise, distractions and bad smells. This blog was written partly for my own sanity. I need to see the truth. I’m sick of being lied to. Writing this
No “Just Transition” for Wales
We’re hearing the phrase “just transition” a lot. Especially from right-leaning governments, fossil fuel banks (like HSBC) and oil conglomerates. The idea is that cutting back oil and accelerating renewables too quickly could
Daddy issues in finance
Why don’t grown men stand up to their bosses? This was what the notorious 1960s Milgram experiment set out to discover. Forty strapping guys (I imagine) were each told by an authority figure
Being human in fintech
I discovered so much at this year’s Money2020. But it definitely wasn’t what I thought I would learn about… I clip-clopped off to Amsterdam (that’s the noise my heels make), expecting to listen
5 RED HOT RELEVANT talks from last year’s Money2020 🔥
Money2020 is where you discover what you’ll be writing about next year. Seriously. Some of the concepts are so new and abstract that you wonder if you took a wrong turn into one
Ideas to green-up mortgages
Most green mortgages today rely heavily on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. If properties are energy-efficient (A or B rated), they can get lower rates and qualify for a discount. Or if homeowners
We have an integrity emergency in fund management
Do you know anyone who lives in Hull? … How about Skegness? … Or the East of London? By 2100 – just one lifetime away – all of these cities and more will
32 Brain-fizzling facts from Informa’s Fintech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies course ✨🧠
Walking into Informa’s course, “Mastering Fintech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies”, I wasn’t sure if I’d made a mistake. Why had I signed up for two days of studying something I already knew? D’oh. I’ve
The UK politicians who get paid by oil companies 🤢
What’s that, sorry? I can’t hear you… It’s so OILY in here. All I can hear is KER-CHING, KER-CHING, KER-CHING. Where am I? Westminster of course! The home of corrupt politicians keen to