By: Harriet Green

I am CityAM's deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at CityAM, I ran a social enterprise.

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Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk talks Japan, business trips and blockchain

March 7, 2016

Most kids make it no further than the TV when they’re off school sick. But Nathan Blecharczyk, co-founder of Airbnb, wasn’t like most kids. Aged 12, at home ill one day, he taught himself how to programme using one of his dad’s – an electrical engineer – books. “I started buying more and more books. [...]
President Trump or Clinton? Both would be a disaster for the American economy

March 4, 2016

Donald Trump is not inevitable. Despite his spectacular wins on Super Tuesday, he sits fewer than 100 delegates ahead of his closest competitor, senator Ted Cruz, and still needs to win over 900 more to secure the nomination. But his continuous victories – not only in primaries but across a wide range of demographics – [...]
Why Chinese equity crowdfunding is taking its lead from the UK – and what challenges the sector faces

March 3, 2016

Despite a relatively slow start, the past two years have seen exponential growth in the Chinese equity crowdfunding sector, and there are indications that it could skyrocket in the 12 months to come. Chinese New Year on 8 February kicked off the Year of the Monkey, but will 2016 be a year of alternative finance [...]
How to harness the power of your emotions – and play each of your 34,000 emotional states to your advantage

March 2, 2016

Scientists have known for years that emotions impair our decision-making ability. But it is only recently that they have begun to prove that the opposite is also true. Namely that, if we effectively manage our emotions, we make better decisions and can create real competitive advantage. Think about a time when you’ve been under pressure to [...]
CoalFace Capital’s Declan McEvoy on clichés, robo-advisers, and pink hair

February 29, 2016

Plenty of people must have sat in their banking job thinking about what could be done better and wondering if they should just pack it all in and start their own business. Declan McEvoy, founder of innovative trading platform CoalFace Capital, first realised he wanted to be this person back in 1999, while doing his [...]
Making a killer speech: How to keep your audience on tenterhooks

February 26, 2016

Being able to communicate across your workforce is a key skill required by anyone who is, or has aspirations to be, in senior management. In large corporations, employee demographics can differ widely – this is no more pronounced than at internal company events and conferences which both domestic and international delegates are likely to attend. Senior [...]
How challenger banks and P2P lenders can work together – Harriet Green asks OakNorth’s Rishi Khosla

February 25, 2016

Alongside the P2P lenders and crowdfunding platforms, challenger banks have continued to make their mark as leaders of the alternative finance revolution. One of those challengers is OakNorth, which launched last year. Sitting in a similar space to P2P lenders in terms of loan size, co-founder Rishi Khosla tells me that: “we really want to be [...]
Why the build-to-rent sector is key to solving London’s dire housing affordability crisis

February 25, 2016

London's housing shortage is putting the capital’s future at risk. The success of this great city is fuelled by its ability to attract talent, both nationally and internationally. But there is a danger that young professionals will be put off working here by growing housing costs, cramped and insecure conditions, or long and expensive commutes. [...]
EU membership: The true cost to Britain’s economy – and the unrealistic assumptions you need to make the numbers net positive

February 25, 2016

Many people are surprised to find that, back in the early 1970s, all the studies undertaken before we joined the then EEC pointed to a negative economic impact. This was due to direct payments to Brussels, alongside the effect of the customs union (common external tariff), which raised prices above world levels, most notably in [...]
Islamic State earnings call: Why the terrorist group’s 2014 financial boom is a distant memory – but the 2015 decline won’t be fatal

February 25, 2016

In these pages 12 months ago, as companies revealed their year-end financial results and governments made their annual promises of greater things to come, I reflected on the financial reporting of a new arrival – an entity that had, during 2014, emerged from the financial shadows, and was heralded as being “…as sophisticated and well-funded as [...]

LLPs remain under watchful eye – especially from the taxman

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Bowls Club is the City’s most eccentric (and brilliant) pop-up

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