15 May 2009

Tax, Regulation and Financial Centres

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A cursory comparison of personal income tax rates would cause us to cry out: 'Go East young Man!' for the tax rates in Hong Kong and...
28 Apr 2009

100 percent mortgages - AGAIN!!

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Do some Bank Managers never learn their lesson? One of the banks that was in the middle of the sub-prime crisis has reportedly started to of...
21 Apr 2009

Less Credit and more Equity is the way forward

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Contrary to many commentators we do not think that the solution to the present economic crisis lies in restoring lending to unsustainable le...

Russian oligarchs and Western homeowners

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BarCap's Rudloff calls for end to debt 'war' in Russia (FT, 21 April 2009). Many homeowners facing foreclosure would like to get...
18 Mar 2009

Bank of England Governor in a swipe at the FSA

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I think this short quote from Mervyn King's speech to bankers speaks for itself: 'A system in which it is easier for a large bank to...
10 Mar 2009

Danger of trying to buy market share

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A short press article ('As Merrill Lynch sputtered, it made a big bet on Brazil', Wall St Journal, 10 March 2009) reminded us of the...

Banking Secrecy - Enemy Number One or convenient scapegoat?

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During the recent past politicians and lobbies of all persuasions seen to have found a new 'Enemy Number One' - Banking Secrecy and ...

Danger of trying to buy market share

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A short press article ( 'As Merrill Lynch sputtered, it made a big bet on Brazil' , Wall St Journal, 10 March 2009) reminded us of...
8 Mar 2009

Lloyds-TSB: Failure to heed the warning signs

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Management has stubbornly refused to call off the acquisition of HBOS. The warning was on the wall in CAPITAL LETTERS and for all to see. We...
25 Feb 2009

Shall we 'modify' away Wilbur Ross' wealth?

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Shall we 'modify' away Wilbur Ross' wealth? During the past few weeks the chorus of experts in politics, academia and business h...