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The UK’s banking watchdog, the FSA, has looked a little toothless on occasion recently, and of course has had the spectre of Osborne looming over…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | October 6, 2009 11:17AM | 3 Comments »
We told you last week about some of the changes going on chez Bad Idea, and as promised, here’s a few more details…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | October 1, 2009 10:27AM | No Comments »
The balancing act of keeping the City an attractive place for the shamelessly avaricious, while also regulating it to make sure the sector isn’t left…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 28, 2009 12:53PM | No Comments »
The tug of war on issues at the G20 summit duly began yesterday, with financial regulation vying for attention with the reformation of the Internation…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 25, 2009 11:48AM | 1 Comment »
The last G20 summit saw Brown milking his statesman role, the public getting all hot and flustered at the Obamas, and Berlusconi annoying…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 24, 2009 12:59PM | No Comments »
Political point-scoring never really goes away, but with the general election looming inevitably next year the whole “cuts” saga has taken on an extra cattiness…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 21, 2009 12:45PM | No Comments »
The financial services industry is like a nervous lover – if you pump it full of praise and confidence, it perks up and performs, but…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 16, 2009 2:38PM | 1 Comment »
The idea of a “living will” being part of a more stringently regulated banking sector is something that’s been gathering pace recently, and the idea…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 15, 2009 12:37PM | No Comments »
Last year saw Mars chew up Wrigley for $23bn, right as the world was barrelling towards all-out recession. Now once again, makers of food you…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 9, 2009 12:38PM | 2 Comments »
It’s nearly a year since Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, toppling banking confidence and generally going on to cripple the spring in everyone’s noughties step. Everyone…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 4, 2009 2:08PM | No Comments »
Hedge funds, with their wildly fluctuating rates of return and dependence on the short-term health of investments, are pretty much the first place you start…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 3, 2009 11:45AM | No Comments »
If government fraud investigators are G-Men, then Kroll is like Philip Marlowe – a private and independent snoop for hire for when you want things…
Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | September 1, 2009 11:31AM | No Comments »
