The ethical deal
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The time difference between London and New York gave the Financial Services Authority an immediate, if short-lived advantage in presenting an image of a regulatory agency determined to address in a systematic…
Despite the lack of commentary from either the White House or federal executive agencies, the Standard Chartered investigation – and the manner in which it was handled – is certain to reignite the festering…
Impeccable manners can get one a long way. In sharp contrast to the faux familiarity displayed by the hard-charging investment banker Bob Diamond to the Treasury Select Committee investigating Barclays…
It is part of the columnist’s job to spark debate through controversy. The use of rhetorical flourishes for dramatic effect is an essential tool of the trade. When the rhetoric so distorts reality to make…
The defining message of the 1992 presidential campaign that swept Clinton and Gore to the White House (and facilitated the financialisation of the economy) was incapsulated in a slogan: ‘It’s the economy…
The content and tone of Jamie Dimon’s telephone call to analysts explaining JP Morgan Chase’s regulatory filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting a $2 billion loss in derivative trading…
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has secured a major victory in its ongoing battle to enforce the efficacy of the continuous disclosure regime here as well as its standing as…
Arriving back in Australia after a three week trip to Europe brings to the fore the tyranny of distance. The choice of The Australian this morning to give prominence to an opinion piece by the Wall Street…
A decision is imminent here in Ireland on whether to establish yet another investigation into the fateful events that led to the introduction of a blanket bank guarantee in September 2008. The rationale…
This weekend marks the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The White Star liner left Cobh, its final port of call, on 11th April 1912. Four days later the Titanic, the pride of Belfast…