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Financial Services Articles


2008

Michael Mainelli, “The Religion Of Regulation: Too Big To Succeed”, Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 9, Number 4, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (August 2008).

Michael Mainelli, “Caseless Wonders: Finance Courses and Ethics” , Finance & The Common Good/Bien Commun, Number 30 – 1/2008, pages 81-90, Observatoire de la Finance (June 2008).

Michael Mainelli, “The Pond For Markets: Social And Local”, Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 9, Number 3, pages 303-305, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (May 2008).

Mark Yeandle, Alexander Knapp and Michael Mainelli, "The Global Financial Centres Index", The Handbook Of World Stock, Derivative & Commodity Exchanges, pages xxxv-xxxviii, Mondovisione (2008).

Michael Mainelli, “Liquidity = Diversity”, Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 9, Number 2, pages 211-216, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (March 2008).

Mark Yeandle, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris, The Global Financial Centres Index - 3 , 80 pages, City of London Corporation (March 2008).

Michael Mainelli, “Dumb On Non-Dom”, Financial World, pages 12-13, IFS School of Finance (February 2008)

Michael Mainelli, “Derivative Processing Counts”, Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 9, Number 1, pages 92-95, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (January 2008).

Michael Mainelli, “Chapter 45: European Union – Regional Guidance”, Governance, Risk And Compliance Handbook, Anthony Tarantino (ed), pages 613-625, John Wiley & Sons (2008).

2007

Michael Mainelli and Jan-Peter Onstwedder (eds), The London Accord: Making Investment Work For The Climate, City of London Corporation (2007).

Michael Mainelli and James Palmer, “A Portfolio Approach To Climate Change Investment And Policy”, The London Accord: Making Investment Work For The Climate, City of London Corporation (2007).

Mark Yeandle, Mike Young and Ian Harris, "Warm Game: A Game For All Seasons", The London Accord: Making Investment Work For The Climate, City of London Corporation (2007).

Michael Mainelli, "Guest Comment: The Dangers of Demonising Non-Doms", eFinancialCareers (10 December 2007).

Michael Mainelli, “The Rules Of Practical Principles”, Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 8, Number 5, pages 508-510, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (October 2007).

Mark Yeandle, Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris, The Global Financial Centres Index - 2 , 78 pages, City of London Corporation (September 2007).

Michael Mainelli, “Chapter 10: Correlation Causes Questions: Environmental Consistency Confidence In Wholesale Financial Institutions”, Frontiers of Risk Management: Key Issues and Solutions, Dennis Cox (ed), pages 94-100, Euromoney Books (2007).

Michael Mainelli, “Market of Markets: The Global Financial Centres Index”, Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 8, Number 3, pages 313-319, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (June 2007).

Michael Mainelli, “Start Spreading The News … London’s Calling”, Financial Services Review, pages 16-17, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (May 2007).

Michael Mainelli, “Louis Bachelier’s Theory of Speculation” (Louis Bachelier’s Theory of Speculation: The Origins of Modern Finance translated and with commentary by Mark Davis and Alison Etheridge), London Mathematical Society Newsletter, Number 359, pages 21-22 (May 2007).

Michael Mainelli, “The London Accord: From Copenhagen Conundrum To Climate-Change Investment”, Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 8, Number 2, pages 198-201, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (March 2007).

Michael Mainelli and Mark Yeandle, The Global Financial Centres Index - 1 , 68 pages, City of London Corporation (March 2007).

Michael Mainelli, "Cash In, Carbon Out?", Financial World, IFS School Of Finance (February 2007).

Michael Mainelli and Mark Yeandle, “The Best Execution: Trader or Client?” , Fund AIM, Volume 1, Number 1, pages 43-46, Investor Intelligence Partnership (January 2007).

2006

Michael Mainelli, "Place Your Bets” (Investor Relations At Online Gambling Firms), Real IR, page 12, Caspian Publishing Limited (November 2006).
Michael Mainelli, "More Of The Same? Reinforcing People's Success By Risking Statistics", Powerchex (September 2006).
Michael Mainelli and Joshua Ronen, “Put Your Money Where Your Audit Is: Financial Statement Insurance In The UK?”, Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 7, Number 4, pages 446-450, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (August 2006).
Michael Mainelli and Mark Yeandle, “Best Execution Compliance: Towards An Equities Compliance Workstation”, Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 7, Number 3, pages 313-336, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (June 2006).
Michael Mainelli and Mark Yeandle, “Best Execution Compliance: New Techniques for Managing Compliance Risk”, Journal of Risk Finance, Volume 7, Number 3, pages 301-312, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (June 2006).
Michael Mainelli and Joshua Ronen, "Accounting: Progress May Lie In Insurance" (Put Your Money Where Your Audit Is: Financial Statements Insurance in the UK?) , Financial World, pages 38-39, Institute of Financial Services and Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (May 2006).
Jeremy Smith "Evaluating Risk and Efficiency in Corporate Actions Processing at Major Investment Banks" , Financial Services Research, pages 46-49, Financial Services Research Limited (April 2006).
Mark Yeandle "Best Compliance Execution Automation" , Financial Services Research, pages 80-82, Financial Services Research Limited (April 2006).
Michael Mainelli, "Global Financial Centers: One, Two, Three ... Infinity?", Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 7, Number 2, pages 219-227, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (March 2006).
Michael Mainelli, "The Copenhagen Conundrum - Doesn't Risk/Reward Analysis Matter?", Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 7, Number 1, pages 101-104, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (January 2006).


2005

Michael Mainelli, "When Risk Pays Off" , Financial Services Review, Number 76, pages 8-9, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (December 2005).
Mark Yeandle, Michael Mainelli and Adrian Berendt, The Competitive Position of London as a Global Financial Centre , 67 pages, Corporation of London, (November 2005).
Michael Mainelli, "Anti-anti-money Laundering: "Feed-back or "Fed-up"?", Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 6, Number 4, pages 368-372, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (August 2005).
Mark Yeandle, Michael Mainelli, Adrian Berendt and Brian Healy Anti-Money Laundering Requirements: Costs Benefits and Perceptions , City Research Series, 71 pages, Corporation of London (June 2005).
Michael Mainelli, "Competitive Compliance: Manage and Automate, or Die", Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 6, Number 3, pages 280-284, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (June 2005).
Michael Mainelli, "The (Mis)Behavior of Risk Managers: Recognizing Our Limitations" (implications of chaos and fractal criticisms), Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 6, Number 2, pages 177-181, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (April 2005).
Michael Mainelli, “Preying on the Fear Factor" (paying for perceived non-executive risks), Accountancy Age, page 26, VNU Business Publications (17 February 2005).
Michael Mainelli, “Standard Differences: Differentiation through Standardisation?” (ISO9001, SAS70 and management systems), Journal of Risk Finance, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 6, Number 1, pages 71-78, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (January 2005).

2004

Michael Mainelli and Sam Dibb, "Betting on the Future: Online Gambling Goes Mainstream Financial" , Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, Number 68, 34 pages, ISBN: 0-9545208-5-8 (December 2004).
Michael Mainelli, "Personalities of Risk/Reward: Human Factors of Risk/Reward and Culture", Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Volume 12, Number 4, pages 340-350, Henry Stewart Publications (November 2004).
Michael Mainelli, "All or Nothing: Product Control Goes Global or Local", Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 12, Number 4, pages 42-44, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (2004).
Michael Mainelli, “Finance Looking Fine, Looking DAPR: The Importance of Dynamic Anomaly and Pattern Response”, Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 12, Number 5, pages 56-59, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (October 2004).
Ian Harris, Sam Dibb and Michael Mainelli, “Bet Your Shirt: What's the Difference Between Insurance and Gambling” ( - 7Mb), AIRMIC News, page 7, The Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (October 2004).
Michael Mainelli and John Maitz, “Make Up for Lost Time” , (insurers and dynamic anomaly and pattern recognition), Global Insurance Bulletin, pages 18-20, Risk & Insurance Research Group (June 2004).
Jonathan Howitt, Michael Mainelli and Charles Taylor, “Marionettes, or Masters of the Universe? The Human Factor in Operational Risk” , Operational Risk (A Special Edition of The RMA Journal), pages 52-57, The Risk Management Association (May 2004).
Michael Mainelli, “Bracing for Zero Marginal Competitive Cost: Investment Banking Restructures”, Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 12, Number 3, pages 48-51, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (May 2004).
Michael Mainelli, “Toward a Prime Metric: Operational Risk Measurement and Activity-Based Costing” , Operational Risk (A Special Edition of The RMA Journal), pages 34-40, The Risk Management Association (May 2004).
Michael Mainelli, "Ethical Volatility: How CSR Ratings and Returns Might be Changing the World of Risk", Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 12, Number 1, pages 42-45, Emerald Group Publishing Limited (January 2004).

2003

Michael Mainelli, "All Too Visible Hands: Liquidity versus Transparency on Exchanges", Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 11, Number 4, pages 65-67, MCB University Press (November 2003).
Michael Mainelli, "Assessing Credit Rating Agencies: Quis Aestimat Ipsos Aestimatores?", Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 11, Number 3, pages 55-58, MCB University Press (August 2003).
Michael Mainelli, "PFI and PPP: Could They Result in Enron UK?", Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 11, Number 2, pages 39-43, MCB University Press (July 2003).
Michael Mainelli, "Risk/Reward in Virtual Financial Communities", Information Services & Use, Volume 23, Number 1, pages 9-17, IOS Press (2003).
Stephen Martin and Michael Mainelli, "Why Bother to Be Better? Strategically Stagnant Personal Current Accounts", Journal of Strategic Change, Volume 12, Number 4, pages 209-221, John Wiley & Sons (June-July 2003).
Michael Mainelli, Ian Harris and Alan Helmore-Simpson, "The Auditor's Cross Subsidy" (statistical modelling of audit prices), Strategic Planning Society E-Newsletter, Article 1 (June 2003). Also published as "Anti-dumping Measures & Inflation Accounting: Calculating the Non-Audit Subsidy", www.mondaq.com (19 June 2003).
Michael Mainelli, “Is Small Beautiful? Investment in Smaller Quoted Companies”, Balance Sheet, The Michael Mainelli Column, Volume 11, Number 1, pages 68-71, MCB University Press (March 2003).
Anthony Hene and Michael Mainelli, “Spend for Glory or Reserve Wastefully: Asymmetric Gain and Loss Recognition”, Charity Finance, pages 28-30 (February 2003).

2002

Fiona Buxton, Michael Mainelli, Robert Pay, Professor David Storey, Stephen Wells, "Institutional Investment and Trading in UK Smaller Quoted Companies" , The Quoted Companies Alliance, 54 pages, (October 2002).
Michael Mainelli, "Industrial Strengths: Operational Risk and Banks", Balance Sheet, Volume 10, Issue 3, MCB University Press (August 2002).
Michael Mainelli and Ian Harris, "Balancing the Odds: Stochastic Accounting", Balance Sheet, Volume 10, Number 2, pages 22-27, MCB University Press (2002).
2000

Jan-Peter Onstwedder and Michael Mainelli, "Enter the Specialists" (credit derivative market transformation), Risk Professional, Issue 2/10, pages 32-35, Informa Group plc (December 2000/January 2001).
Jeremy Smith and Ian Harris, "ASPs Bite at the Banks", Conspectus, page 29, Prime Marketing Publications (December 2000).
1999

Michael Mainelli, "Taking the Measure of Risk: Benchmarking Risk Management", Handbook of Risk Management, Issue 35, pages 5-8, Croner Publishing (10 December 1999).
Michael Mainelli, "Wither the FD? Hello Risk/Reward Director!", Handbook of Risk Management, Issue 30, pages 5-7, Kluwer Publishing (12 July 1999).
1997

Michael Mainelli and Martin Dooney, "Military Minds Train on Financial Targets", Investment & Pensions Europe, page 14 (March 1997).


1996

Michael Mainelli and Wyatt Ramsdale, "Strategic Implications of Resource Accounting", Executive Agency Overview, Issue 5, pages 17-19 (May 1996). Also reprinted in The Defence Yearbook 1997, pages 98-101, Public Sector Information Ltd.
Michael Mainelli, Ian Harris and David Highton, "Save it for a Rainy Day: Setting Charity Reserve Levels", NGO Finance, pages 62-65 (April 1996).