Friday, September 2, 2016

2/9/16: Investment in Italy: Banks, Capital and Firms Structures

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In my course on the enterprise and financial risk last semester, we talked about the peculiar (or idiosyncratic) nature of Italian firms a...

2/9/16: Interest Rates, Financial Cycles and the Real Economy

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Claudio Borio and his team at the Bank for International Settlements have just published another interesting working paper, titled “Moneta...

2/9/16: Remember Banks Stress Tests: Tripple Farce and Still No Joy for Ireland

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Couple of older, but still relevant notes have stacked up on my virtual desktop over the last few weeks. Catching up with these, here is a...

2/9/16: Getting Back to the Blog

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Folks, the joys of moving to my new job have been quite all-consuming over the month of August, and the joys of preparing for the move - o...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

30/7/16: Europe's Bank Stability in Question

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My comment for Euromoney  on banking sector risks:  http://www.euromoney.com/Article/3574602/Europes-bank-stability-is-in-question-say-cou...
Friday, July 29, 2016

29/7/16: Tax Regime, Apple, Fraud?

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We have finally arrived: a Nobel Prize winner, former Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank (1997-2000) on Bloomberg...
Friday, July 22, 2016

22/7/16: Brexit сближает Ирландии...

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My comment for Kommersant (in Russian) on Brexit risks for Ireland:  http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3043700 .
Thursday, July 21, 2016

21/7/16: Article 50: Facts

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There is a lot of poorly informed nonsense being pushed around the media (especially 'new media') about Article 50 process relatin...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

20/7/16: McKinsey's "Generation Worse"...

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A new study from McKinsey looks at the cross-generational distribution of income as a form of new ‘inequality’, in words of the authors: “...
Friday, July 15, 2016

15/7/16: A Booming Tax Haven? And Why Not?

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Yes, we all know, Irish GDP in 2015 grew by an officially idiotic 26%. And yes, I am no longer gracing these illusionary / delusionary num...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

13/7/16: Xenophobic Britain, Good Europe Mythology

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You know the shrill of the deeply wounded 'Remain' supporters from the UK Referendum that did not go their way? Ah, yes: "Old...
Monday, July 11, 2016

11/7/16: Russian Strategy Change? Perhaps... and Lets Hope So

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A rather interesting analysis from The Moscow Times on the emerging directional change in Russian geopolitical strategy: http://www.themos...