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[[File:penry.jpg|200px|frameless|left|The mild-mannered penry, in his day-job as acting deputy associate general assistant at [[Wickliffe Hampton Securites Inc.]]]]
[[File:penry.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The mild-mannered penry, in his day-job as acting deputy associate general assistant at [[Wickliffe Hampton Securites Inc.]]]]
Well, after ten years I suppose I should at least own up to who I am, so here goes: I’m Olly. (in Persian, “[[الی]]”. Geddit?) Interests, if they’re not obvious from this wiki, are financial services law, language, writing, guitars, cricket, books and mountains. And wikis: MediaWiki, which this site is written on, is the cleverest software, and I have learned a lot about it in the last decade.
Well, after ten years I my spouse told me I should at least own up to who I am, but bugger that: you may know me as Mild-mannered Penry. I am second in charge of checking that the firm’s name is spelled correctly on the [[football team]] at [[Wickliffe Hampton Securities Inc.]], London Branch, and I have fifteen years’ experience negotiating all kinds of [[boilerplate]].


While writing this wiki I’ve practised commercial law in NZ and the UK for 27 years, mostly inhouse at places I will not mention to protect their reputations as much as mine. I put in a stretch as a film and book reviewer — which I was pretty good at, as you will see from my [http://olly-buxton.blogspot.com/ fan mail] — written a couple of books (the first one, '''''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078LMG24Q The Montenegro Sanction]''''', under the pen name [[Hunter Barkley]], you can buy for a fiver from Amazon), released an album of angsty-but-ironic rock music ([[Dangerboy]]), played with my buddies in the same cool band, [[Supercheese]], for longer than either the Beatles or Led Zeppelin managed, and drunk a ''lot'' of wine, all while being supported by my super-talented better half — whom I will spare the ignominy of naming — but she is a world-famous<ref>In our house, anyway.</ref> bridge teacher, artist and the most patient spouse on the planet.
The [[Jolly Contrarian]] started out life in 2012, as “''AmwellClear''”, as a fun way way of remembering the difference between {{isdaprov|Loss}}, {{isdaprov|Market Quotation}}s, {{isdaprov|Close Out Amount}}s and {{isdaprov|Unpaid Amount}}s and just kept growing.   
 
The [[Jolly Contrarian]] started out life in 2012, as ''AmwellClear'', as a fun way way of remembering the difference between {{isdaprov|Loss}}, {{isdaprov|Market Quotation}}s, {{isdaprov|Close Out Amount}}s and {{isdaprov|Unpaid Amount}}s and just kept growing.   


SEO folk: before you write to offer tips on how to differentiate the [[JC]] from its competition, remember:  when you write satire about derivatives ''THERE '''IS''' NO GODDAMN COMPETITION''.
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Revision as of 15:06, 16 March 2021

The mild-mannered penry, in his day-job as acting deputy associate general assistant at Wickliffe Hampton Securites Inc.

Well, after ten years I my spouse told me I should at least own up to who I am, but bugger that: you may know me as Mild-mannered Penry. I am second in charge of checking that the firm’s name is spelled correctly on the football team at Wickliffe Hampton Securities Inc., London Branch, and I have fifteen years’ experience negotiating all kinds of boilerplate.

The Jolly Contrarian started out life in 2012, as “AmwellClear”, as a fun way way of remembering the difference between Loss, Market Quotations, Close Out Amounts and Unpaid Amounts and just kept growing.

SEO folk: before you write to offer tips on how to differentiate the JC from its competition, remember: when you write satire about derivatives THERE IS NO GODDAMN COMPETITION.

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