James von Simson

We are pleased to share the results of this year’s STEP Council and England and Wales Regional Committee elections. Congratulations to those elected to STEP Council: Harry Joffe TEP (Africa and Arabia), Tina Quealy TEP (All Ireland), Norberto Martins TEP (Caribbean and Latin America), @JvonSimson TEP (England and Wales – City of London), Nathan Rollings TEP (England and Wales – Wales and West), @JoelWaterhouse TEP (Isle of Man), Stephen Alexander TEP and Fiona McFarlane TEP (Jersey), Kimberly Whaley TEP (STEP Canada), Stephanie Jarrett TEP (Swiss and Liechtenstein STEP Federation) and Ellen Kratzer TEP (USA). Congratulations to Sara Morgan TEP (England and Wales - City of London) and Leyla Whitlingum TEP (England and Wales – South) who have been elected to represent STEP members as part of the England and Wales Regional Committee. Thank you to everyone who stood and voted in the elections. Find out more about the elections: step.org/governance/ste… #STEPElections #STEPCommunity

Huge thanks to @GNev2 @evelynpartners and those all in attendance for last night's #WomeninFootball event, where we discussed the route map towards gender equality in the football industry. Events like this are a vital step to making positive change happen!

Just a reminder to everyone that the events you think of as ten years ago are actually almost twenty years ago.

In a world of joey barton's be an Ian Wright.

We’re delighted to announce @evelynpartners as our Official Wealth Management Partner. 🤝 Together, we'll work to support and empower our players through every stage of their financial journey.

In this STEP Journal article James von Simson TEP from @evelynpartners makes the case for trustees and charities taking a long-term investment portfolio approach, to remove luck from the equation. Read the article: tinyurl.com/yuu8rxra #STEPCPD #Investments

STEP's publication 'Circular Economy Principles for Family Business and Wealth Stewardship' discusses how circular economy principles can provide a new approach to governance frameworks. Read the publication: bit.ly/STEP-CEBook #STEPProfile #RSOW

@TheSecretAcct It really doesn’t; they are mixing stock and flow - like comparing the market cap of Nvidia to the Revenue of John Deere & Co…

Interesting table. It does put Bitcoin into perspective as an asset class. I can see it matching the total market value of gold.

This is a very ordinary street of student houses in Cardiff. Here is the story of how it became entangled in an international money-laundering network, a £50million fraud against the taxman, and a bomb plot against a group of lawyers 🧵

Why did Macron decide to dissolve the Assemblée Nationale (🇫🇷 lower house of parliament) & call early legislative elections. Only Macron's immediate entourage know but here are some personal thoughts 🧵:

Over the past four-and-a-half-years, the 14m people who voted Tory in 2019 have splintered in various directions, with just 4 in 10 now saying they'll vote for the party - less than under Truss. Here's how they've said and currently say they'll vote, each block 100k voters.

📢We’ve made a Be the Chancellor tool The next government will inherit spending cuts & tax increases. The tool shows some of the big choices and trade-offs 4 things that jump out at me:

I am shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, to find out that the people winning the volume-based social media game might not in fact be producing the best quality of investment advice. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… (H/T @stevehouf)

LGFVs are core to the story of China's economic development, and now central to many of the countries biggest challenges. To scratch my own curiosity about them, and in hopes of adding texture to today's headlines, I explore the history of their rise and (potential) fall.

My tribute to Danny Kahneman. wsj.com/finance/invest…

I've worked in a bank (10yrs), a hedge fund (6yrs) and in HFTs (4yrs). Two things: 1. Yes, I'm old 2. You be amazed - stunned - by the number of premium name counterparties whose polished branding and external image belies a myriad of internal 'systems' that are held together by excel + a bunch of batch processes written in a language that only a single contractor knows how to maintain

I doubt the MPC will place much weight on the 0.1pp rise in the headline rate of CPI inflation to 4.0% in December, which still undershot its 4.6% forecast in Nov's MPR. Note too that its new measure of underlying services CPI inflation fell to 6.4% in Dec, from 6.5% in Nov:

I know the data isn't seasonally adjusted Serious people therefore look away now Here is UK annualised CPI inflation over different periods of comparison over the past year shush (there hasn't been any for 6 months)

When you follow the money, you don’t where it’s going to take you. Pulling on a thread at a Victoria plc, a royal carpet maker backed by the Kochs, led me to an alleged ex-gang member who survived a drive-by shooting. Read the full yarn here 👇🏻 ft.com/content/49b2d1…