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Want to understand Brexit and the future of UK financial regulation? Don’t look to government — the Treasury Select Committee has more power than ever before. -
The European Commission’s target for having Banking Union in place by 2019 is looking increasingly like an impossible dream.
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Big bank M&A is a fun parlour game. If one tires of discussing whether one hundred duck-sized horses could overpower one horse-sized duck, or which West Ham line-up 1980-present was strongest (2000-02 - Ed) it's always worth speculating about who ought to be buying who and why.
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Sometimes, investors get hit by political events that come out of nowhere. Other times, they walk straight into an oncoming freight train, even though it's blowing its horn at top volume.
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Do we marvel enough at the philosophical and metaphysical nature of the banking industry?
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A survey of companies’ sensitivity to human rights casts big luxury goods companies like LVMH, Hermès and Prada in a bad light. Will investor pressure make them smarten up — or does their indifference suggest investors’ power is limited?
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If the principles-based European covered bond directive is implemented in its current draft form not a lot will change — but that may be just as well.
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The confusion over UniCredit’s Cashes notes is not a one-off. Uncertainty over regulatory capital eligibility affects the biggest banks in Europe, and it is unlikely to go away soon.
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Researchers have found tweets can help to give information about bank depositor activity and even financial indicators. But can the social media platform really be relied on?
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A 22 year old Canadian First Nations activist has flown 5,000 miles to berate Barclays for financing an oil pipeline through Alberta's tar sands. Investors in Barclays’ green bonds should be right alongside her. Those serious about climate change must look at issuers’ entire sustainability profiles, not simply green bond use of proceeds reports.
