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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Key concepts in finance: liquidity
25 Apr 2016

Key concepts in finance: liquidity

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Finance sector, Key finance concepts | 1

What exactly is liquidity? The word liquidity is used in many different ways, often confusingly. It’s important to keep clear the centrally important concept of what liquidity is: the ability to turn assets into money quickly and at low cost. … Continued

banks, liquidity
Further thoughts on the Hinkley Point C nuclear project
21 Apr 2016

Further thoughts on the Hinkley Point C nuclear project

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Energy | 0

In recent weeks I’ve written two articles explaining why I believe that the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear power project should be abandoned (though it still seems at present reasonably likely that the French government will proceed). The Guardian: Hinkley Point … Continued

Thoughts on the Brexit debate
17 Apr 2016

Thoughts on the Brexit debate

by Simon Taylor | posted in: Economics, International affairs | 0

I’ve been asked a lot recently about my view on whether the UK should leave the European Union, which is the subject of a national referendum on June 23rd. I believe that in economic terms, there is very little that … Continued

Brexit

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Simon is Management Practice Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School. From 2008-2018 he was the first Director of the University of Cambridge Master of Finance (MFin) degree, and was later the first Director of the University's Global Executive MBA. An economist and former equities analyst at JPMorgan and Citigroup, he teaches on financial markets and institutions, infrastructure finance and the world financial system. He is a Fellow in Management at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he is a member of the investment committee, and a research associate of the Cambridge Energy Policy Research Group, where he specialises in nuclear finance.

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