17 Jun 2009

UK government support for City lacklustre

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It is amazing that lightweight EU member Ireland can force renegotiation of EU laws while the Prime Minister of a large member state and the...
12 Jun 2009

Better Credit Research one of the lessons of the Credit Crunch

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The Credit Crunch that we experienced during the past 2 years has produced – apart from financial pain the world over – an unprecedented amo...
9 Jun 2009

Wrong time to raise levels of base salaries

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Several Investment Banks have decided (or are investigating) to increase basic pay of employees in compensation for (expected) lower bonus p...
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 ...