What makes a bank a great investment for shareholders?
In January 2007, the management consultants Mercer Oliver Wyman named Anglo Irish Bank “the best bank in the world”. By April 2011, to bail out... Read More
UK regulator encourages new entrants
Since the financial crisis, most banks have been hit by a tsunami of regulation. Just as there is a credit cycle, there is also... Read More
Simple outperforms complex
With stock markets around the world close to all-time highs, can we declare the global financial crisis ended? If so, when? What is a financial... Read More
Debt, equity and imbalances
Many people think that capitalism is divisive. rich v. poor or owners v. workers but I think the most interesting division within capitalism, is... Read More