Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion.

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.