24 Dec 2011

MF Global Trustees fighting over customer funds

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This pathetic spat between the US and British trustees in charge of administering the MF Global bankruptcy demonstrates that even the seemi...
22 Dec 2011

Big loss on copper trade at Barclays?

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Reports of big trading losses at major investment banks seem to indicate that the human species - especially the one responsible for oversig...

Danger of unnecessary rebranding

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We are not so sure if the decision of Unicredit to rebrand its motley collection of brands is such a good idea. It might be an idea that has...
19 Dec 2011

UK: Regulatory Black Hole?

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The amounts hidden from balance sheet in the shadow banking system are truly frightening and can only be described as a house of cards. Tha...
14 Dec 2011

Do not play any tax games with compensation

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News that another major bank has been entangled in a tax dispute with the British tax authorities as it has been caught with a tax avoidance...
8 Dec 2011

Corzine testimony: 'I knew nothing!'

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That is what we would call the Manuel defence - remember the funny Spanish waiter in the television comedy 'Fawlty Towers'? But as ...

Regulator's Report on RBS - Much Adoo about Nothing

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When a (long delayed) FSA report into the collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland does not examine in detail the role played by the former CEO ...
6 Dec 2011

EBA: Euro-Stalinism outside democratic control?

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The latest construct created by unelected bureaucrats, the European Banking Authority (EBA) is blatantly neglecting due legal and democrati...
4 Dec 2011

Fair play in Bank Bailouts

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The sorry saga surrounding the Bailout of major financial institutions during the banking crisis of 2008 should teach regulators and politi...
3 Dec 2011

Do you really think nationalised banks are safer?

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Anyone infected by this thought should look at the never-ending horror story that can be written about the abuses that are rife in banks tha...