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State-sanctioned looting of shareholders becomes the norm in the United Kingdom. First not-so-gentle persuasion was used to force banks to c...

When the EBA states that many banks would have insufficient core capital under the rules that will come into force we are not surprised. A...

The example of a minor Austrian bank demonstrates the potential fallout that can be expected if CDS sellers are required to pay out in case ...

The sorry saga surrounding the Bailout of major financial institutions during the banking crisis of 2008 should teach regulators and politi...

An article in today's Financial Times bemoans the shrinking level of collateral and gives the impression that this would be something t...

One glance at the balance sheet of the troubled lender makes it all-too-obvious what is at the heart of the banking crisis: equity capital i...

The renewed crisis in the credit markets that has been triggered by concerns about peripheral member states of the Eurozone festers like a s...

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/09/30/689791/le-spleen-de-morgan-stanley/ If you learn nothing from history, you are bound to repeat ...

During the height of the Credit Crunch we have repeatedly warned about the dangers of a self-feeding spiral that could destabilise companies...

When a professional party politician like the MEP Markus Ferber (he is a charge on Europe's citizens since the tender age of 29!) state...

Pushing more business onto central clearing systems is not the ultimate solution in the search for a more stable financial system. The quest...

That comes to mind when reading about the frenzied trading in today's story stocks such as Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Which bank w...

While Deutsche Bank has performed admirably (at least on a comparative basis) during the financial Crash we kept being concerned about the ...

A New York Times report highlights the lack of official supervision of trading in derivatives. In no industry would it be allowed that the ...

Regulators worldwide can be congratulated for contributing so generously to the fortunes of lawyers, accountants and assorted advisers who r...

The spiralling costs of related to the resolution of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy can only be described as scandalous. Rather than worrying a...

The standard of public discourse in the United States reaches a new low when respected commentators can argue that the main culprits in the...

Reports about increasing levels of stress in bank funding should surprise no one. One of the key lessons - if not THE key lesson - of the C...

With members states of the UAE sitting on reserves and investments worth hundreds of billions it is - to say the least- astounding that the...

The controversy about the role hedge funds have played - and may continue to play - in the credit and economic crisis that has erupted in 2...