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• Italian banks: it's all political

  Political chaos in Italy disguises the progress made turning around the country’s banking sector.

  • 15 Aug 2019

• Hang in there, banks; Russia’s no riskier

  International banks should stand their ground and continue lending to Russian borrowers. The weak, ineffective sanctions that the US rolled out last week have not affected Russia’s creditworthiness and some even argue that investors in the country face fewer risks than they did two weeks ago.

  • 08 Aug 2019

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The FIG Idea

• The FIG idea: sci-fi horror meets utopian dream

  As Marcella climbed into the transport pod for her short journey home to her cosy apartment in the Chongqing suburbs, her wristwatch buzzed, reminding her that this would be her last ever commute. She leaned back and thought of the days when she started out in banking, in 2007, right at the start of GFC1, the first Global Financial Crisis. In her 43 year career, how the world had changed.

  • 13 Mar 2019

• The FIG Idea: the wizardry of banking

  Do we marvel enough at the philosophical and metaphysical nature of the banking industry?

  • 17 May 2018

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