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The first weeks of the Trump administration have been chaotic. So much so that the big banks may be re-evaluating their once rosy outlook for the economy under an 'outsider' president. -
The UK government’s decision to sell off part of its student loan portfolio is unlikely to deliver value for taxpayers. If it’s short of cash, it has a highly functional capital market ready to provide it — at better rates than the student loan deal could ever match.
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Now there’s a chance that the marginalised and downtrodden voters of rust belt America will get what they really want — a wholesale dismantling of the post-crisis banking regulation — the finance industry must ask itself if that’s what it really wants.
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India is aiming for a record Rp725bn ($10.8bn) in divestment proceeds in the new financial year starting April. But it is no secret that these are targets the government is unlikely to meet, with the country having consistently over promised and under delivered. Ambition is admirable, but it is time the government got realistic.
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Disclosing Pillar 2 ‘guidance’ is discretionary and perhaps even discouraged, but banks risk falling foul of speculation if they choose to keep their full supervisory capital demands a secret.
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Monday’s executive order from President Donald Trump pledging to cut regulation for US businesses by forcing agencies to get rid of two regulations for every one they introduce was derided by his opponents, but it isn't ridiculous. It just lacks the specifics to be taken seriously.
