Karl H Richter

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Open letter: Concerns about process in the land deal that is part of the ZhongRong Group’s proposal in Crystal Palace

17 January 2014

- If you agree with this letter, then please sign the petition here - Open Letter from Residents in the Crystal Palace area 17 January 2014 Rt Hon Dame Tessa Jowell MP Hon Jim Dowd MP Hon Steve Reed MP Hon Chuka Umunna M…

Evidence Submission - UK Parlimentary Commission on Banking Standards

25 May 2013

The Commission on Banking Standards is appointed by both Houses of Parliament to consider and report on: professional standards and culture of the UK banking sector, taking account of regulatory and competition investiga…

Osborne’s 2013 Budget for the UK – giving love a chance?

20 March 2013

A committed fiscal conservative like UK Chancellor George Osborne was never going to deviate from Government’s hard-wired policy of austerity. Nobody really expected a change of course in his 2013 Budget , not even after…

HS2: Is there veracity in the velocity?

13 March 2012

Promoters of the new high speed rail line (HS2) between London and Birmingham claim that it will generate £2 of economic benefit for every £1 spent. The Government says the benefit will be lower, around £1.40. But if a n…

England riots: what drives people into the streets

10 August 2011

The underlying reasons for this apparent feral behaviour are complex and individual motivations will vary, but there are some underlying psychological themes which may help us understand why the rioting was so contagious…

Is social investing the Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vickers Report?

18 June 2011

Social investing (equivalent to impact investing) encompasses such an increasingly broad range of financial activities and products, that some of it may be considered investment banking for the social sector. Examples in…