Aug 21, 20114 minFinancial NewsCDS prices fall after short-selling bansOn the face of it, the August 11 ban by four eurozone countries of the short selling of a variety of financial stocks has done the trick....
May 22, 20114 minFinancial NewsAussie regulators remove kangaroo bonds’ bounceRecent evidence would seem to suggest that European sovereign, supranational and agency participation in the Australian dollar kangaroo...
May 1, 20114 minFinancial NewsIsda preaches safety mantraThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s 26th annual meeting was, by most accounts, a great success. There were good reasons...
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Dec 7, 20094 minFinancial NewsCity bankers fear the French kiss of deathBritain and France have a long history as partners, but also as rivals. Any friction that occurs between the nations inevitably carries...