Neil Ainger
Work Examples
A few recent examples of features published in the treasury and technology press can be seen here, with other work examples further down the page. Freelance and ghost written material is available upon request.
Treasury and Technology Press Examples
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Interview: Scanning the Horizon for Risk gtnews - 2012 |
Mustafa Kilic, head of regional treasury, and group risk and insurance manager at the home appliances manufacturer Indesit, spoke to Neil Ainger at gtnews recently about why he is constantly scanning the horizon for risk, the need for better, more comprehensive risk assessments, and the lessons he has learned during his 20-year career. Full Story Here
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Treasury Solutions Sold to Wall Street Systems
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IT2 Treasury Solutions (IT2), which is owned by private investor CapMan Technology, has been sold to Wall Street Systems for an undisclosed sum that gtnews understands is likely to be in region of £60-75m. Full Story Here |
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Europe Report: Day 2 - Running to Stand Still bobsguide - 2013 |
In among all the thousands of runners registering for this weekend's London Marathon, the second full day of the TradeTech Europe 2013 show got underway on Thursday 18 April at London's Excel Arena, writes Neil Ainger, with the arguments about high frequency trading (HFT) still dominating. There was also much discussion about emerging markets, data centres, and if latency is still as central as ever to a trading venue's appeal, or if firms are merely now running to stand still. Full Story Here
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Compliance Gap Highlighted by gtnews Payments Survey gtnews - 2013 |
According to the latest gtnews Payments Survey, there are still a significant number of corporates that have yet to begin a migration programme for the single euro payments area (SEPA) ahead of the 1 February 2014 migration deadline, with 37% of the 284 corporate treasury readers questioned in October and November of last year, admitting that they do not yet have SEPA services in place. News promo link | Full story. |
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Show Report: London FP&A Club Hears About How to Improve Forecasting gtnews - 2013 |
It's awful. Why did no-one see it coming? This was the British Monarch's response to the credit crunch when briefed about the full long-term impacts of the financial crash on 5 November 2008. It was cited by Steve Morlidge during his speech on business forecasting at the third London financial planning and analysis (FP&A) Club, held last night at the Montcalm Hotel in the City of London, as a key example of being wise after the fact: what seems obvious afterwards isn't always spotted as a problem at the time. The FP&A professionals gathered at the networking event listened attentively to how they could improve their own forecasting and to plans for a forthcoming FP&A certification.
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Tech Year in Review and Numbers (see online for links in story) bobsguide - 2013 |
As 2013 draws to a close, minds naturally
turn towards the most significant technology and finance events of
the year and the standout stories and numbers of the year, such as
the prevalence of cyber-security attacks and countermeasures, discussions
about if big data is a big deal and if the cloud is going to rain
on your parade as an internal IT manager decimating staff or be a
true external support network. In this spirit of yuletide reflection,
bobsguide's Neil Ainger looks back on some of the big stories, trends
and figures of the past 12 months.
As the geese start getting fat, the lords-a-leaping, and partridges
take to living in a pear tree - if the old English carol is to be
believed - then it can mean only one thing: the end of the year
is upon us and Christmas is around the corner. It is an appropriate
time, therefore, to reflect upon the big stories and numbers of
2013. Full
Story Here. |
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Year in Review and Numbers |
As 2012 draws to a close, minds naturally
turn towards the most significant treasury and finance events of the
year and its standout stories and numbers, such as the on-going eurozone
crisis and the growth in cash reserves. In this spirit of yuletide
reflection, gtnews looks back on some of the stories and figures of
the past 12 months. Full
story here with live links. |
Other Work Examples
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Bloomberg Tech Summit Predicts a Fall in IT Spending for 2012
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Tiffany Interview: International Growth & Coping with the
Consequences
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TMS Buyer's Guide |
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gtnews Awards 2012 and Global Treasury Briefing
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Sibos 2013 Daily Show Reports, BAML CIO Interview & SWIFT
CIO & World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Report 2014 Click on the highlighted text for links to the bobsguide Sibos 2013 Daily Show Reports, Interviews & News, BAML CIO Interview and SWIFT CIO & World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk Report 2014. |
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Vox Pop: Stopping the Rogues |
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Interview: The Future of Payments |
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Hands Up to Join the Social Club Banking Technology - September 2011 Humans have always been social creatures and now we've got Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+ and other social networking tools the way that financial institutions do business, organise themselves, talk to their customers and vice versa is set to change, writes Neil Ainger. Full Story Here |
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Virtual Reality at Your Fingertips Banking Technology - May 2011 Virtualisation has been hidden from many users as it's happened at the server level in the data centre but this could be changing, writes Neil Ainger, as desktop virtualisation comes to banks, and users notice their hard drive is no longer next to them but instead in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Full Story Here |
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Mobile Tech in FS: Special Report -
One World, One Love, One Banking Device? Banking Technology - March 2011 Neil Ainger investigates how the mobile phone is taking over the delivery of financial services from customer-facing retail bank applications, to payments, including contactless ones, to services for the 'unbanked', remittances and corporate banking end uses, highlighting the opportunities, and the integration and standardisation challenges that still remain in the way of this transformative technology. Full Story Here |
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Data Centres: Special Report - Start
Your Engines Banking Technology - January 2011 If financial services truly is a data business, as many have asserted, then where you keep that data is a key consideration. The data centre should be the engine that drives your business. Neil Ainger introduces this special report on data centres, examining the various merits of co-location and proximity hosting, the pros and cons of outsourcing versus self-builds, the best technologies to maximise efficiency and other key trends, such as the impact of carbon tax schemes on the sector and regulation. Full Story Here |
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Feature: The Dark Side |
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Sibos 2007 Preview & Lazaro Campos
Profile - Gaining Momentum with SWIFT Action Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - July-Aug 2007 Some of the world's senior financial professionals will be gathering at the Sibos 2007 show in Boston, USA, on 1-5 October to discuss the pressing issues facing the industry, including the Single Euro Payments Areas (SEPA), how to serve corporates better and how to enhance standards-based interoperability and efficiency. Neil Ainger previews the event and profiles SWIFT CEO Lazaro Campos. Full Story Here |
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Profile: Shifting World Trade Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - Nov-Dec 2008 Neal Livingston is the global head of client access for the transaction banking division of Standard Chartered bank and as such is ideally placed to witness the major changes going on in cash products, securities servicing and trade finance, where the aim is increasingly to try and integrate the physical and financial supply chains. With his bank's principal markets being in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, he is also well placed to comment on the shift in economic power from West to East. Neil Ainger caught up with him at the recent Sibos 2008 show in Vienna, Austria. Full Story Here |
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FST Awards Report - A Golden Awards
Night Financial Sector Technology (FSTech) - March 2010 The FST Awards celebrated its tenth anniversary on 25 March at the Lancaster London Hotel in Bayswater. The milestone was marked by some indoor fireworks, flames, bright lights, confetti and the usual gong giving; all rounded off by a casino, disco and much partying late into the night. Neil Ainger looks back on an enjoyable evening Full Story Here |
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