Top Section/Ad
Top Section/Ad
Most recent
Issuance has kept going by giving investors just what they want
John Healey resigned because the money was not there for defence. It may not be there for anything
Bifurcation is emerging in how investors treat the hyperscalers
Investors should feel more confident when BNPL products are regulated like mainstream consumer credit
More articles/Ad
More articles/Ad
More articles
-
The spat between the European Parliament and the ECB over accounting standards is ugly – and mostly unnecessary. Accounting matters, but it’s not real life. What matters is cold hard cash. -
The IPOs of two Indian government-owned insurance firms have disappointed on their debuts recently, after they were bailed out by a fellow state-backed insurer. The deals are the clearest sign yet that Life Insurance Corp (LIC) needs to stop meddling in government share sales and let the market take its course.
-
The hubbub over China’s five-yearly Party Congress is now behind us and the country’s regulators are ready to get back to business. In that vein, unusually forceful comments from Zhou Xiaochuan, outgoing governor of the People's Bank of China, on the urgency of deleveraging are more than welcome.
-
China’s extraordinary liberalisation of its financial markets last week, which cleared the way for foreign ownership of a range of financial institutions, has only found mild enthusiasm among foreign banks so far. They can be forgiven for not immediately breaking out the champagne.
-
The removal of the student loan interest deduction under the Republicans’ new tax plan may seem inconsequential compared with the average sum of debt per borrower, but it will fan the flames of a growing student debt crisis.
-
A high stakes game of chicken is taking place between US and European regulators, with the spectre of fragmentation in derivatives markets looming. But there's been no proper dialogue between the two sides.
