The FT included two articles yesterday (the second is here) on a new report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – which is the
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When a letter of resignation is the only available indication of the required sound judgement that would be necessary for appointment
The Guardian has reported: The incoming chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority has admitted to an “error of judgment” after investing in a controversial tax
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Why is HSBC a fit and proper person to hold a banking licence?
The FT has reported this morning that: HSBC has warned that it could pay at least $1.5bn in penalties over alleged tax evasion and money
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Where is the ministerial backlash against Barclays because they have been charged with criminal offences?
News broke yesterday that Barclays Bank is to be charged with criminal offences. I stress, not the directors or some names individual, but the Bank
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Does Pendragon signal the start of another debt crisis?
The UK’s largest car dealer had a bad day yesterday. It issued a profit warning and its shares fell by 17% in value. Why? Because
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Why the Bank of England’s independence is just a charade
I first posted this blog on 24 August 2015. I offer it again because it is particularly relevant today given all the nonsense that will
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The Bank of England: still living in a world of legal denial of the fact that it makes new money for the government
A reader of this blog shared the following email exchange between him, and the Bank of England with me and asked me to comment upon
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Northern Rock: ten years on
It is ten years ago today that Northern Rock failed. I will be speaking at a Tax Justice Network organised event at the Royal Society
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QE: a tale of bankers bickering about the deckchairs when the economy’s sinking around them
An exchange of tweets created economic headlines yesterday. This is it: Let’s put this in context: Rupert Harrison was George Osborne’s Chief of Staff for
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