People’s Pensions
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009The FT has noted: The aggregate deficit of corporate UK pension funds soared past £250bn ($373bn) in March, setting a record for a shortfall due
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£39 billion? No problem
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009The Institute for Fiscal Studies says there will be a £39 billion deficit in the UK’s budget. As my friend George Irvin points out today
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Print it
Thursday, March 26th, 2009The Guardian has reported: [I]n London, investors sent shockwaves through financial markets by shunning a £1.75bn auction of government gilts So on Monday Mervyn King
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Barclays: the Guardian publishes more
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009I’m pleased to see Vince Cable has shared the documents leaked to him by a Barclays Capital insider to more papers. I had them on
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 9th
Monday, March 9th, 2009These are my links for March 9th: Tax Justice Network: Wish you were here – Jersey, 12/13 March – TJN in action in Jersey But
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Quantitative what?
Friday, March 6th, 2009I think people are trying to get their heads around £75 billion worth of quantitative easing. I personally have no problem with the concept. I
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 23rd through January 26th
Monday, January 26th, 2009These are my links for January 23rd through January 26th: FT.com / Companies / UK companies – Aim squeezed by grip of recession – More
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Unconventional unconventional in this case is just wrong
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009The FT has reported: The Bank of England will start to buy corporate bonds in large quantities within weeks, Mervyn King, its governor, said on
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At least there shouldn't be tax relief on this
Friday, January 9th, 2009The FT has reported that: According to Hedge Fund Research, the data provider, the average hedge fund across all strategies ended the year down 18.3
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