23 Nov 2010

Lehman bankruptcy administration costs reach $1 billion mark

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Regulators worldwide can be congratulated for contributing so generously to the fortunes of lawyers, accountants and assorted advisers who r...
22 Nov 2010

Kafka alive and well in US Government

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The absurd consequences of the obsession with fighting symptoms rather than causes and increasing the reach of government and civil servants...
11 Nov 2010

Troubled Borrowers should not be treated too leniently

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One of my favourite City Commentators, Anthony Hilton , writes in his Evening Standard column that it would be in EMI's interest that ...
9 Nov 2010

Staff Performance Reviews under Fire

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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal takes aim at staff performance reviews. Temple Associates has long argued that the present per...
8 Nov 2010

Pitfalls of Acquisitions

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The 2005 takeover of Eurohypo by Commerzbank is just another example in a long list of acquisitions that led to disastrous consequences for ...
7 Nov 2010

Bankers need to find bonus accord?

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That seems to be the opinion of Mark Kleinman (FT). But quite apart from the legal aspect of companies coming together on a sensitive subje...
6 Nov 2010

How to protect bankers from themselves

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The story of then 34-year old Moses Stern who - despite having no experience in the real estate business - obtained a $126 million loan fro...
3 Nov 2010

BBVA acquires 24.9 % stake in Turkey's Garanti Bank

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While the price may appear to be high compared to still depressed share prices in most banks it is not a dramatic premium compared to pric...

Basel III - 'Dangerous Nonsense' - discriminates against small banks

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A report by the respected Austrian lawyer Gerhard Wildmoser comes to the conclusion that the new Basel III regulations favor big banks at ...
31 Oct 2010

UBS wants to take more risks says CEO Gruebel

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Oswald Gruebel, himself a trader by background, says that UBS wants to take more risk in order to increase profits from Investment Banking...