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CITY CROSSWORD PUZZLE & QUIZ

Across

2.    Non-francophone Swiss town (5)
3.    Payment? My word; a bond! (6)
6.    Citrus street? (4)
10.  Human Resources (9)
13.  Council tax, as we knew it (5)
14.  Would you believe it! (6)
17.  DSA, ESA etc (3)
18.  Price based on that of something else (10)
20. Cadbury, Turnbull, Hempel started this (8,4)
23.  Profit for own account (11,7)
24.  Stick, rod, wand etc (5)
26.  Barings' undoing (6)
 

Down
1.    Golden sentinals of Leadenhall (9)
2.    Procures goods or services for commission (6)
3.    Just one of the EU Directives (7,8)
4.    No future prospect of any more coming in (5,6)
5.    Distribution (8)
6.    Ancient bargains sealed on this (6,5)
7.    Central bank of Central Bankers (3)
8.    Speculative, or junk security (4,5)
9.    Road distances measured originally from here (8,4)
11.  Exploits price differentials (11)
12.  Danger of loss or damage to a firm's name (10,4)
15.  Union of actors (6)
16.  Independent arbiter of relative credit worthiness (6,6)
19.  The Act of someone loyal to his or her country? (7,3)
21.  Temple in forum dedicated to sun-god (7)
22.  First man's room at Lloyd's (4)
23.  Variety of gambling played with dice or cards (4)
25.  Stimulating pops, or fashionable drink? (4)

 
QUIZ

     1.    Which investment bank was the subject of the book ‘Liar’s Poker’?

     2.    Who is the United Kingdom’s equity Listing Authority?   

     3.    Name one of the Nobel Laureates involved in the failed hedge fund LTCM   
 

               What do the following market-related initials stand for?

     4.    BBAIRS    

     5.    AUM 

     6.    LBMA  
 

     7.    Give the initials of the two SROs that were wound up into the PIA 

     8.   ‘The Governor
            Bank of England
            London EC1'
 
            Which famous customer incorrectly addressed a letter in this way on 6 May 1997?
                                                                                                                      

     9.    Which alleged financial criminal departed these shores from a Dorset airfield
            bound for Cyprus?    

    10.    What does the Governor of the Bank of England refer to as 
            ‘the plumbing of the system’?

    11.    Who was the male fund manager who appeared before the City Magistrates 
            attired in a frock and carrying a straw shopping bag?  

    12.    The Japanese trader who cornered the copper market….

    13.    Where is the price of Gold fixed?

    14.    What colour is the €500 banknote?

    15.     When analysing company accounts, what information 
            would the following ratio convey? 

               STOCKS + TRADE DEBTORS – TRADE CREDITORS
                                            SALES

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