21 Sept 2011

Common Sense Lessons from the UBS Loss

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It is always easy to be clever after the event, but a few simple facts are behind the latest mega loss reported by a bank: - Top management...
13 Sept 2011

Maturity Mismatch - Problem not solved

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To rely on money market funds to finance a large part of any bank balance sheet is sheer folly - the surprising thing is that most 'expe...
10 Sept 2011

Death Knell for Europe's Banks?

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Rather than trying to cut back on government spending that is clearly out of control in most European countries the unaccountable Bureaucrat...
9 Sept 2011

Deutsche Bank aims high, maybe too high?

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To declare that he aims to reach a certain number in terms of profitability is a dangerous game to play for any company chief executive. It ...
4 Sept 2011

Cameron vs Taleb? - No Contest!

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The discussion about banking reform (or should it be non-reform?) reaches a comical aspect when David Cameron, PR Manager turned Politician,...
1 Sept 2011

Banking Reform: Key problem no nearer to solution

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Thousands of pages have been written about how to reform the banking system but we are no nearer to a solution. The key problem that needs t...
23 Aug 2011

CDS trading still poses danger to financial stability

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During the height of the Credit Crunch we have repeatedly warned about the dangers of a self-feeding spiral that could destabilise companies...
15 Jul 2011

FATCA - the true tragedy

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The absurd legislation making its way through the US government machine is a sad indictment for the inability of the European 'elites...
29 Jun 2011

Worst M+A Deals in Banking History

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Bankamerica/Countrywide Credit , Commerzbank/Dresdner Bank , Lloyds TSB/HBOS , RBS/ABN Amro ....the list is long and the memories have begun...
20 Jun 2011

Regulation will atrophy banking industry

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The failure of governments and regulators in reforming the global banking systems in any meaningful way is illustrated by news that more exa...