Tea with FT

As a former Executive Director of the World Bank I know that the columnists of the Financial Times have more voice than what I ever had, and therefore they might need some checks-and-balances.

Would a child shouting out “the Emperor is naked” have his observation published in FT? Would he now need a PhD for that to happen?

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Showing posts with label contingent capital bonds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contingent capital bonds. Show all posts
October 22, 2013

Some disagreements with Professor Persaud´s excellent comments on bank bail-ins and contingent convertible notes, Cocos.

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Sir, Avinash Persaud deserves much praise for the clarity of his “ Bank bail-ins are no better than fool´s gold ” October 22. I do hope the...
November 23, 2012

Has someone really gone bonkers with Barclay’s contingent capital notes?

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Sir, I refer to Mary Watkins’ “ Barclays’ total loss bond poses test for ‘coco’ markets ” November 23, as well as to Patrick Jenkins’ “ Ban...
November 20, 2012

What bankers are really scared of, are the regulators becoming less Taliban.

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Sir, Patrick Jenkins writes that bankers in London talk these days about “the Taliban” referring to the Bank of England’s Financial Policy ...
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