Historic News & Views
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Shareholders’ dilemma over financial regulation
It might be assumed that investors prefer lighter banking rules — not necessarily
Too much company information makes finance hard to grasp
Accountants and banks should not be shy about binning useless stuff.
A culture ratio is more important than a capital one
The focus on making banks ‘safe’ by holding more capital is unrealistic.
Some banks are just too complicated to break up
Yet they appear unable to consolidate towards higher profitability.
Bank regulators, be careful what you wish for
Basel committee takes aim at traditional lending and the response is ferocious.
The outdated ring fence that will starve City of London finance
The Independent Commission on Banking only published its proposals for the regulation of British banks in 2011. Yet they are already overdue for repeal.
Even the biggest banks cannot afford $6bn systems errors
As seen with increasing frequency, the IT systems at some institutions are creaking.
Is the era of bank bailouts over? Nobody knows
Taxpayers cannot bank on an end to the era of too big to fail.
Make up your mind on banking regulation
Nothing matters more to a bank than how much capital they must have.
Unhealthy secrets about pay that every banker lusts to learn
The thing about investment banking is that status is an invisible commodity.