16 May 2012

JP Morgan 'loss' - too much ado about nothing?

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The reported 'loss' that JP Morgan took on its investment account may appear to be large but in the context of a portfolio size of ...
8 May 2012

Poor start for Monsieur Hollande

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Hollande has done surprisingly poorly in the second round of the French Presidential elections. Given the unpopularity of Sarkozy (due to hi...
25 Apr 2012

Defer bonuses for 10 years?

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Andrew Haldane, an otherwise sane Bank of England official, has suggested that bonus deferral and claw-back periods should be extended to 10...
19 Apr 2012

Reply from M. Philippe Lamberts - MEP (Green)

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while I agree with you that we have to incentivize banks to go back to their basic mission of collecting savings and using those to fund the...
18 Apr 2012

Pay regulation not addressing the real problem

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What really drives financial market regulation is not logical thinking but a mishmash of misguided ideology as well as a reversion to good o...
5 Apr 2012

Europe's banks face gaping capital hole says EBA

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When the EBA states that many banks would have insufficient core capital under the rules that will come into force we are not surprised. A...
28 Mar 2012

Not all publicity is good publicity

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How much longer can the image of Goldman Sachs get knocks such as these ? It is time that someone minded the house again.
23 Mar 2012

UBS boss hires old friend for senior role

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When one reads that the recently appointed CEO of UBS hires a former colleague from his days at Merrill Lynch as Co-Head of Global Invest...
19 Mar 2012

Stress tests - same (sad) old story

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The publication of the results of the latest stress test performed on US banks does little to inspire longterm confidence in the ability of...
18 Mar 2012

Conflicts of Interest in Investment Banking

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The discussion about separating banking and securities and investment banking has reached a dead end. But the inherent conflicts of interest...