Robert Lyddon

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Robert Lyddon is a bank accounting and financial analyst, who works as a management consultant in international banking both privately and with PwC. His writing focuses on the Eurozone financial system, the European Investment Bank, the TARGET2 system and EU budgetary mechanisms. He is the author of The Brexit Papers (2016, Global Britain) and The Brexit Flashcards. His recent papers include Why the Eurozone's Fate Makes an Immediate Brexit Vital: How huge financial liabilities require a quick clean Brexit (2019) and for Politeia he was co-author of How to Prevent Systemic Risk! UK Laws Must Govern UK Financial Services Trade (2020).

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‘Managing Euro Risk: Saving Investors from Systemic Risk’, by Barnabas Reynolds, David Blake and Robert Lyddon

By Robert Lyddon
February 27, 2020

How to Prevent Systemic Risk! UK Laws Must Govern UK Financial Services Trade, Politeia authors say. Eurozone’s financial sector is ‘under-capitalised, under-collateralised’ & Basel rules flouted. Publication: Thursday...

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