Training & Knowledge: October 2023

18th Oct 2023Blog

SHOULD ALL BETS BE OFF?

The recent publicity around The FA’s unpublished policy which permits some club owners to bet on football has highlighted some stark inconsistencies at the heart of professional sport’s relationship with betting. The FA’s rules prohibit participants from betting on football.  The FA Handbook 2023-34 defines “participants” as: …an Affiliated Association, Competition, Club, Club Official (which […]

2nd Oct 2023Blog

The LIBOR Question

Just before eleven o’clock every morning, sixteen individuals each sitting at their respective desks at one of the sixteen most prestigious banks in London – nursing their second, perhaps third, cups of coffee – ask themselves the question: at this time, at what interest rate could my bank borrow funds, at a reasonable market size, […]