Isaac Alfon
Isaac Alfon runs enterprise risk management consultancy Crescendo Advisors. He has worked at a number of multinational insurers including the UK’s Financial Services Authority and HM Treasury. He has a PhD in Economics from University College London.”
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Articles by Isaac Alfon
Book notes: Digital human, by Chris Skinner
Skinner provides a valuable insight into the challenges banks face as technology continues to permeate further into the financial industry
Book notes: A diary of the euro crisis in Cyprus
Panicos Demetriades’ book tells the inside story of the Cypriot crisis and how battles over central bank independence led ultimately to his resignation
Book notes: The Map and the Territory: Risk, Human Nature and the Future of Forecasting
The Map and the Territory is an enigmatic title for a book written by a former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan.
Book notes: The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White and the Making of a New World Order
A fscinating account of the Bretton Woods conference from the point of view of its two main players: John Maynard Keynes and Harry Dexter White