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Research Date 30 Jun 2016 Banking on Norway-lite My colleague Gregor Irwin has just published a great blog on the ‘room in the middle’ between the views of the supporters of Brexit in the UK and the emerging... Read more
Research Date 21 Jun 2016 Fed slashes interest rates again That is the headline you did not read last week, but in many ways it should have been. The focus of analysts has naturally been on when the Federal Open... Read more
Research Date 17 Jun 2016 The Don, the Dems and Dodd-Frank We now have two all-but-certain US Presidential candidates. For all their manifest differences, they have one thing in common: neither has warmly endorsed the Dodd-Frank post-crisis framework for banks. So... Read more
Research Date 15 Jun 2016 Chicago on Thames Another ‘what if’ Brexit case study yesterday. ESMA has finally announced that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has been recognised as a qualified central counterparty for EU banks and investment... Read more
Report Date 14 Jun 2016 Dealing with political risk: What FTSE-100 companies say Political risk takes many forms and is not easily defined, but it is high and rising by just about any standard. Governments are under pressure or have been forced out... Read more
Research Date 23 May 2016 Resolution irresolution Another week, another banking union/disunion issue. A draft set of European Commission proposals in the public domain this week seem to confirm the intent not to seek explicit EU harmonisation... Read more
Research Date 20 May 2016 Why John Kerry can't bank on EU banks Right after John Kerry met with the CEO’s of Europe’s largest banks last week in London, HSBC’s chief legal officer reflected the general mood among UK banks when he said... Read more
Research Date 13 May 2016 Beyond the Brexit noise – five other things the IMF said about the UK The IMF’s ‘Article IV’ assessment of the UK economy is dominating headlines for its roundly negative assessment of a vote to leave the EU - but beyond its Brexit judgments... Read more
Research Date 11 May 2016 St Augustine, banking union and sovereign risk weights There has been some comment this week at the German decision to use Monday’s Eurogroup to push for a change to the way sovereign debt is risk weighted by EU... Read more
Research Date 22 Feb 2016 The ghost of Paul Volcker: is “too big to fail” returning to centre stage? Global regulator the Financial Stability Board is at pains to cast banking reform in 2016 as an implementation exercise, not a policy-making one. But the ghost of Paul Volcker lives... Read more
Report Date 25 Jan 2016 China market economy: status update The debate has now started in earnest over whether the EU will – or must – award China ‘Market Economy Status’ (MES) in 2016. The status is politically sensitive for... Read more
Report Date 29 Oct 2015 The morning after: Brexit uncertainty and what it means for business The ‘in-out’ nature of the Brexit debate, and the focus on uncertainty about the referendum outcome, obscures another, equally important layer of Brexit uncertainty for business, which is about what... Read more
Report Date 13 Oct 2015 ASEAN Insurance Markets: Integration, regulation and trade ASEAN has a justified reputation for moving slowly on formal commitments to regional economic integration. However our report makes it clear that the real picture is much more complex, and... Read more
Report Date 21 Jul 2015 The 'Chinese Put' The full financial force of the Chinese state has been on display over the past few weeks as the authorities have responded to collapsing stock prices with an array of... Read more
Report Date 30 Jun 2015 Cause and FX: the key judgements in the UK Fair and Effective Markets Review The UK Fair and Effective Markets Review (FEMR) was conducted jointly by the Bank of England, the UK FCA Conduct Regulator and the UK Treasury and released its recommendations on... Read more
Report Date 25 Mar 2015 The AIIB: Political influence and infrastructure policy The decision by the UK to participate in the founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provoked an intemperate response from Washington, which it as a challenge to the... Read more
Report Date 8 Oct 2014 Corporate tax troubles in Europe Tax revenue leakage has become a hot button issue in Europe, the US and the G20. The European Commission is seeking to strike down advance tax agreements concluded years ago... Read more
Report Date 7 Aug 2014 Novo Banco: Made in Brussels At the start of this week the Portuguese authorities announced plans to resolve the failing Banco Espírito Santo. The approach taken – bailing in shareholders and junior bondholders, splitting off... Read more