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The North Sea Cash Cow: What Happened to Britain’s Oil and Gas Windfall?
For four decades, North Sea oil and gas contributed heavily to Treasury receipts, supported Britain’s external accounts and influenced the politics of successive governments. Those revenues have not disappeared, but they are projected to fall to a fraction of their
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A Letter from the Publisher: Rules That Can Be Checked
Our readers’ advisers are increasingly machines. A machine cannot be impressed; it can only verify. So we are binding our governance to mathematics as far as mathematics will go, and building in the one thing that keeps written rules honest:
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EUREP Goes Global: The ECB’s Quiet Lender of Last Resort
The European Central Bank has begun onboarding non-euro-area central banks to its enhanced EUREP repo facility. For the first time, the non-euro world has a standing euro liquidity backstop. Currencies internationalise through exactly this kind of quiet lender-of-last-resort plumbing, and
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SPP AI Governance Framework: What “Human Oversight” Now Has to Mean
The Society of Pension Professionals’ new framework, Governance in the Age of AI, argues that artificial intelligence needs no new governance regime, only the honest application of duties that already exist. Its most demanding passage is about the people signing
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The Gilded Sanctuary: Inside the Last Bastion of the British Gentleman
From the smoky coffee houses of St James’s to the modern, inclusive hubs of the twenty-first century, the London club has evolved from a symbol of exclusivity into a dynamic institution shaped by tradition, adaptation, and enduring social appeal. To
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Paracelsus Recovery: The Rise of Ultra-Private Mental Healthcare
In an era of heightened scrutiny and reputational volatility, demand is growing for discreet, highly personalised mental health support among ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Facilities such as Paracelsus Recovery in Zurich have emerged at the forefront of this niche, offering a level
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Italy: Europe’s Overlooked Fintech Opportunity?
European fintech is entering a more selective phase. After several years in which capital flowed towards the most visible hubs and fastest-growing companies, investors are now asking a different set of questions. Where is there still room for meaningful growth?
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Tomáš Spurný: Steering MONETA Money Bank’s Transformation with Discipline and Scale
As Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of MONETA Money Bank, Tomáš Spurný has overseen a decade of disciplined growth, strategic expansion, and digital transformation, positioning the institution as a leading force in Czech retail and SME
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MONETA Money Bank: Scaling with Discipline in a Competitive Czech Market
Since its 2016 IPO, MONETA Money Bank has pursued a disciplined strategy of digital transformation, SME expansion, and operational efficiency—building a resilient, scalable model designed to compete with larger European peers while maintaining strong profitability and customer focus. Over the
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Ezio Lattanzio: Building Public-Sector Transformation With Discipline, Independence, and Purpose
In a consulting world often driven by scale, speed, and fashionable narratives, Ezio Lattanzio has built a different kind of leadership model. As Founder of Lattanzio Group, he has shaped a firm defined by strategic independence, cultural coherence, and a
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