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?

For more see "A Blog is Born" at the very bottom.

Showing posts with label partnership. Show all posts

Showing posts with label partnership. Show all posts

September 10, 2015

What would an old days’ bank failure look like with current deposit guarantees and capital requirements for banks?

Sir, John Kay writes about the topic of “other people´s money and one’s own”, and about the power that is “acquired with the savings of the...

September 12, 2012

If prudent finance requires partnerships, why then are not regulators also made liable for bank losses?

Sir, when Basel II states that banks need zero capital when lending to an infallible sovereign and 1.6 percent when lending to slightly mor...

January 19, 2011

A case for capital requirements for banks based on corporate organization and management´s stake

We outsiders, we taxpayers, we do not run the risks of the clients of a bank we run the risk of how the bank is managed. Therefore, much mor...

July 07, 2007

Gazprom in a public-private partnership?

Sir, in your “Putin’s piste”, July 7, you sort of allude that there might be a public-private partnership between Russia and Gazprom. Nonse...

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