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So, another SIBOS comes to a close and another year of financial markets ups and downs draws to an end. And what a year it has been. In Vienna 2008, SIBOS was a shock zone. In Hong Kong 2009, it has been more of a worry zone. What I mean by that is that most…

Many, many years ago I worked for a company called Wang Computers.  Wang were a really innovative firm that dominated the space of office technologies until they got their strategy wrong and went out of business … long story. Short story … when I worked there, my job was marketing imaging systems.  Basically, scanners for…

Many, many years ago I worked for a company called Wang Computers.  Wang were a really innovative firm that dominated the space of office technologies until they got their strategy wrong and went out of business … long story. Short story … when I worked there, my job was marketing imaging systems.  Basically, scanners for…

Exactly one year ago today, I landed in Vienna for SIBOS 2008.  My plane took off on Sunday 14th September from Heathrow at 14:40 and I landed at 18:30 local time (17:30 GMT, 12:30 EST).  Waiting for my luggage, I switched on the mobile and was surprised, as it was a Sunday, to find four…

The BBC posted an interesting pictorial of the bailouts to date.  Here's the summary (click to enlarge):

The BBC posted an interesting pictorial of the bailouts to date.  Here's the summary (click to enlarge):

On 22nd July, Fellows of the British Academy Professors Tim Besley, FBA, and Peter Hennessy, FBA, sent this letter (pdf download) to Her Majesty the Queen (heavily edited version follows): Madam When Your Majesty visited the London School of Economics last November, you quite rightly asked: why had nobody noticed that the credit crunch was…

On 22nd July, Fellows of the British Academy Professors Tim Besley, FBA, and Peter Hennessy, FBA, sent this letter (pdf download) to Her Majesty the Queen (heavily edited version follows): Madam When Your Majesty visited the London School of Economics last November, you quite rightly asked: why had nobody noticed that the credit crunch was…

With the largest American bank collapse of 2009 occuring last week – the Colonial Bank Group was taken over by the FDIC, and its assets handed over to BB&T – there have been 83 US bank failures to date, since the crisis began.  Here's the list:  2009 Colonial Bank Group, Alabama National Bank of Commerce,…