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FTT and its impact on corporate and sovereign debt

April 3, 2013 by Maria Leontiou 2 Comments

A new report is out on the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and its impact on corporate and sovereign debt, written by London Economics on behalf of the Regulatory Strategy Group (RSG) and sponsored by the City of London. You can either get the pdf here or read a good summary at Securities Finance Monitor. Either way, the conclusion […]

None of us is Greece or Ireland

June 15, 2012 by Bill Hodgson 0 Comments

Just in from a reporter: “Spain is not Greece.” Elena Salgado, Spanish Finance minister, February, 2010. “Portugal is not Greece.” The Economist, April 2010. “Greece is not Ireland.” George Papaconstantinou, Greek Finance minister, November, 2010. “Spain is neither Ireland nor Portugal.” Elena Salgado, Spanish Finance minister, November 2010. “Ireland is not in ‘Greek Territory.’” Irish Finance Minister […]

Obama press release: CFTC and SEC to be merged into the SRMA

April 1, 2012 by Bill Hodgson 7 Comments

Just found this at the White House site: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 1st, 2012 A bill to rationalise US financial services regulation CREATION […]