Mark (Z/Yeandle) is leading a team that has just won an assignment to look at the international costs and benefits of anti-money-laundering activity. This is an exciting assignment and there will be some future announcements. The study will involve a survey of interested parties. Knowing that anti-money-laundering may be a subject of interest to some of our readers, please feel free to contact Mark and open up a discussion, particularly if you feel that you might like to contribute to the survey – mark_yeandle@zyen.com

Likewise, Michael Mainelli has been undertaking some work with the BSI, the international standards organisation, and others on the quantification and rationalisation of corporate governance. Again, this assignment is at an early stage, but interested readers are welcome to contact Michael directly if they feel that there may be areas of mutual interest – michael_mainelli@zyen.com.