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Carney A Strong Candidate To Head The Financial Stability Board

NEWSMAKERS: CANADA By Joel Kranc In late September, the international financial community was abuzz with the news that Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, had publicly chided the head of a central bank over his views; views that ...

Banking

Volcker Rule Takes Shape As Nettlesome For Banks

NEWSMAKERS: US/GLOBAL By Gordon Platt US regulators moved closer last month to adopting the controversial Volcker Rule, which could force big banks to hold on to some trades for two months and to limit their investments in hedge ...

Banking

Best In Class In Times Of Turmoil

When the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have their annual meeting in Washington DC at the end of September, the atmosphere will most probably be very tense...

Banking

Buffett’s Vote Of Confidence In Bank of America

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was soaking in the tub when he came up with the idea of investing $5 billion in Bank of America. Buffett banks on domestic investments The Berkshire Hathaway ...

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Central Banker Report Cards 2011: The Americas

The Americas Argentina Mercedes Marcó del Pont Grade: D When Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appointed political ally Mercedes Marcó del Pont to head the central bank in February 2010, there was little hope the move would lead to ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Governments Push To Close Tax Loopholes

MILESTONES: US/EUROPE By Anita Hawser As governments in the US and Europe embark on a program of austerity measures, they are more eager than ever before to claw back millions from undeclared offshore accounts. Swiss banks reach deal with ...

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WORLD’S 50 BIGGEST BANKS 2011

Global Finance ranks the 50 Biggest Banks China Breaks Into The Top 10 NEW YORK, September 7, 2011 Global Finance...

News

Beers: The Man Who Pulled The Trigger On The US Triple-A

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt David Beers, managing director and head of sovereign credit ratings for Standard & Poor’s in London, is the mustachioed face behind the rating agency’s downgrade of US treasury bonds to AA+ from ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

US Treasury Department Going Paperless

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES By Anita Hawser There is nothing quite like the threat of a debt default and a whopping budget deficit to focus policymakers’ minds on cutting costs. E–invoicing to reduce Treasury costs In an effort to ...

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WORLDS BEST GLOBAL BANKS 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Best Global Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 22, 2011 Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has announced...

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WORLD’S 50 SAFEST BANKS 2011

Global Finance names the World’s 50 Safest Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 18, 2011 Bank stability is an ever-more pressing...

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WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS IN NORTH AMERICA 2011

Global Finance names the World’s Safest Banks 2011 in North America NEW YORK, August 18, 2011 Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com)...