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Evan Davis – The City Uncovered Episode 3

Evan Davis delivered the last episode in his ‘Uncovered’ Series tonight – ‘When markets go mad’
Tonight’s subject was ‘price discovery‘ – what it means, how it works and how it can sometimes go wrong…and how this relates to the fascinating world of ‘behavioral finance‘ and ultimately how our natural emotions can affect our decision [...]

Evan Davis – The City Uncovered Episode 2

Mr Davis delivered another fascinating insight into the often murky and little understood world of high finance. His mission tonight – to shed some light on the intriguing world of the “Hedge Fund”.

Hedging basically means managing your risk. Risk management is fundamentally about transferring the risk (there’s more to it than that, but for the [...]

Evan Davis – The City Uncovered Episode 1

Tonight BBC2’s “city series” featured a fascinating documentary presented by the appealing presenter of the Dragons Den – Evan Davis.

“The City Uncovered” presented a logical and sometimes frightening account of how the global banking crisis unfolded. Ex CEO of Northern Rock, Adam Applegarth and Dick Fuld of Lehmans Brothers were presented as the villains of [...]