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  • Bulgaria will not now join in 2024.. - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and John Buttler, with Enrico Colombatto March 2023

  • Will Bulgaria join the Eurozone? - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto January 2023

  • What should investors and banks expect to change? - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and John Buttler, with Enrico Colombatto November 2022

  • To what extent can the ECB override financial markets? - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto September 2022

  • ECB policymakers run out of options; antifragmentation cannot both address inflation and contain spreads - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto July 2022

  • Rising Rates (Everywhere Except the Eurozone) Expose the Fintech Chaff. The Unintended Consequences of Ill-Conceived Regulations. - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto May 2022

  • Sanctions could hurt the ECB more than Russia - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto April 2022

  • Wie effektiv sind die bisherigen Sanktionen gegen Russland? - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto April 2022

  • Euro financing, a strategy for EU survival - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto January 2022

  • JFinanzierung über die Zentralbank: Strategie zum Überleben der EU2 - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto January 2022

  • Review of the Year, and our Expectations for 2022 - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto December 2021

  • Jahresrückblick und Erwartungen an das neue Jahr 2022 - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto December 2021

  • Crypto's Carbon Footprint - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto November 2021

  • The Real Estate Exposure of the Bank of England Questions its Independence as Rate Setter - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto October 2021

  • Investitionen im Immobiliensektor: Wie unabhängig sind Zentralbanken? - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto October 2021

  • The Finance Industry Lobby Seeks To “rehabilitate” Securitisation - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto September 2021

  • The Eurosystem And Ecb Are Akin To The Soviet Era Monobank - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto July 2021

  • Das Eurosystem Und Die Ezb: Auf Den Spuren Der Monobank Der SowjetÄra - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto July 2021

  • The Italian Non-Performing Loan Story: how the 2016 Securitisation Laws (...) - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto June 2021

  • The ECB's Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto May 2021

  • PEPP und die Folgen der zentralbankfinanzierten Staatsverschuldung - weiterlesen>
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto May 2021

  • The Collapse of Hedge Fund Archegos Exposes Weaknesses in the Basel (...) - IREF Europe - read more >
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto April 2021

  • Der Fall Archegos und die Schwachstellen im Baseler Regelwerk - weiterlesen>
  • by Gordon Kerr and Bob Lyddon, with Enrico Colombatto April 2021

  • Divergent Software Costs Capital Treatment for UK and EU Banks. Merely a (...) - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto March 2021

  • EU und Großbritannien: Abweichende Regulierung im Bankensektor sorgt für (...) - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto March 2021

  • The ECB Accelerates Work on a Central Bank Digital Currency - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto February 2021

  • EZB arbeitet weiter an digitaler Währung- weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto Feraury 2021

  • The Brexit Agreement Omitted Financial Services, Decisions on Which Will be (...) - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto January 2021

  • Finanzdienstleistungen: Weitere Verhandlungen über Brexit-Abkommen - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto January 2021

  • A Digital Euro - What is it, What Form Could It Take and When Might It (...) - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto December 2020

  • Digitaler Euro: Pläne der EZB - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto December 2020

  • Cyprus' Exploitation of Citizenship Investment Schemes Raises Questions over (...) - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto November 2020

  • Zyperns Umgang mit dem Passhandel, Geldwäsche und Bankenregulierung - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto November 2020

  • Spain's Caixabank Acquires Bankia, thanks in large part to Badwill - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto October 2020

  • Dank Badwill: Spanische Caixabank erwirbt Bankia - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto October 2020

  • Special focus: Chinese devaluation - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto September 2020

  • US-Wahlkampf: Der Finanzsektor im Fokus - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto September 2020

  • Wirecard Exposes German Regulator BaFin - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto July 2020

  • Wirecard und die BaFin - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto July 2020

  • What Are the Creditor Countries' True Exposures Under Target 2? - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto June 2020

  • Risiken und Nebenwirkungen des TARGET2-Verrechnungssystems - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto June 2020

  • ECB Calls for European Integration via a Common Fiscal Policy Response - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto May 2020

  • EZB: Integration durch gemeinsame Fiskalpolitik - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto May 2020

  • COVID-19 Responses Attempt to Pull Political Leaders Across Debt Mutualisation Red Lines - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto April 2020

  • Corona-Krise: Schuldenvergemeinschaftung, Banken und die EZB - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto April 2020

  • Do Central Banks Intend to Launch Central Bank Digital Currencies? - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto March 2020

  • Zentralbanken: Herausforderung Digitalwährungen - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto March 2020

  • The European Stability Mechanism is Critical to the Future Functioning of the Euro - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto February 2020

  • Der ESM: Vom Provisorium zur zentralen Instanz - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto February 2020

  • The Brydon Report on Audit. Will Banks’ Financial Statements Become More Reliable? - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto January 2020

  • Wirtschaftsprüfung in UK auf dem Prüfstand: Der Brydon-Bericht - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto January 2020

  • Germany Remains Firmly Opposed to Banking Union - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto December 2019

  • Widerstand gegen Bankenunion aus Deutschland - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto December 2019

  • Central Banks’ Varied Approaches to the Financial Risks of Climate Change - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto November 2019

  • Whatever it takes: Zentralbanken im Einsatz gegen den Klimawandel - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto November 2019

  • FinTech Companies; little innovation and no reform of banking - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto October 2019

  • FinTech-Startups: Schnelles Wachstum, aber Verluste - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto October 2019

  • Paralysis and Circularity at the ECB - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto September 2019

  • EZB: Einerseits wirkungsschwach, wie gelähmt andererseits - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto September 2019

  • Facebook's Libra; will it test the new ECB chief Christine Lagarde? - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto July 2019

  • Facebooks Libra: Eine Herausforderung für Lagarde? - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto July 2019

  • The Authoritarian Push for Tighter and More Centralised Banking Regulations - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto June 2019

  • Bankenregulierung vor Zentralisierungsschub - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto June 2019

  • Will Monetary Union Become Fiscal Union? The Incoming New Personnel will Influence the Timing and Required Power Shifts. - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto May 2019

  • Das neue EU-Spitzenpersonal: Wird aus der Währungsunion eine Fiskalunion? - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto May 2019

  • The ECB Is Getting Out Of Kilter With The Federal Reserve - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto April 2019

  • USA und Eurozone: Geldpolitik und Bankensysteme "out of sync" - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto April 2019

  • More Euro Deepening – The Currency - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto March 2019

  • Euro: Vertiefung durch politische Stärkung? - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto March 2019

  • The Consequences of Future ECB Policies for Banking - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto February 2019

  • EZB-Politik und Europas Banken - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto February 2019

  • The EU To Push For EMU Deepening After May Elections - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto January 2019

  • Nach der EU-Wahl: Vertiefung der Währungsunion - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto January 2019

  • The Effectiveness of MIFID II After 11 Months - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto December 2019

  • MIFID II elf Monate nach der Einführung - weiterlesen>
  • Gordon Kerr, Cavin O'Driscoll with Enrico Colombatto December 2019

  • The Stand-Off Between Italy and the EU is a Serious Threat to the Euro - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2018

  • Italien vs. EU: Eine ernsthafte Gefahr für den Euro - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2018

  • Central Banks in Europe Are About to Regulate Crypto-Assets - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2018

  • Kryptos: Zentralbanken bereiten Regulierung vor - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2018

  • Will The ECB Step In and Help Turkey Stabilise its Currency?? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2018

  • The BIS Takes Aim At Cryptocurrencies: Do They Understand The Economics Of Cool? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2018

  • Bank für Internationalen Zahlungsausgleich kein Freund der Krypto-Währungen - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2018

  • How Will Europe Deal With Italian Fiscal Defiance? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2018

  • Wie wird Europa auf die italienische Schuldenlage reagieren? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2018

  • Euro Survival Depends Upon Federalization - Policy Options - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2018

  • Eurozone: Führen alle Wege in die Zentralisierung? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2018

  • What Impact Will The Open Banking Rules Have On Fintech's Aspirations to Disrupt Traditional Banking? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2018

  • Neue Open-Banking-Regeln: Disruptiver Fintech-Wettbewerb? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2018

  • An Appraisal of Sovereign Bond-Backed Securities - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2018

  • The Looming Crisis in the Private Provision of Public Services Close Parallels with the Systemic Failure of Banks - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler February 2018

  • Our Outlook for 2018 Interest Rates To Stay Low. The Consensus View is that Europe's Banks are Recovering but we are Not So Sure. - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2018

  • 2018: Trügerischer Optimismus im Bankensektor - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2018

  • Bitcoin: A fool's Bubble or the Libertarian 's Anti-Establishment Currency Dream? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2017

  • Bitcoin: Blase oder libertärer Währungstraum? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2017

  • The Search for a New Risk-Free Rate - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2017

  • Merkel wins her fourth term in Germany; will this help drive banking union or will nationalist political parties manage to oppose it? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2017

  • Ten Years from the onset of the Great Financial Crisis. What has been reformed? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2017

  • By Bailing out unimportant banks Italy has undermined Banking Union - read more >
  • European Safe Bonds - Can Europe's problems be Saved by Clever Financial Engineering? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2017

  • Der neuste Griff in die Euro-Trickkiste: "European Safe Bonds" - weiterlesen>
  • Bail-Outs beschädigen Vertrauen in europäische Institutionen - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2017

  • Large Spanish Bank Failures Raise Investor Fears over Bail-Ins; whilst Pressure Grows in Italy over Monte Dei Paschi - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2017

  • Krisenbanken Sùdeuropas und Unsicherheit in GB - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2017

  • Banks in the US as well as Europe Push Back Against New Rules - read more >
  • Liborgate Re-Rears Its Ugly Head - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2017

  • Liborgate geht in die nächste Runde - weiterlesen>
  • Banken wehren sich gegen neue Rechnungslegung - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2017

  • Accommodative Monetary Policy is Encroaching on Fiscal Policy - read more >
  • Compliance Meltdown at the Bank of England - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2017

  • Bank of England: Compliance-Skandal - weiterlesen>
  • Quantitative Lockerung: EZB macht Fiskalpolitik - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2017

  • Unicredit's Rights Issue - The Figures don't Add Up - read more >
  • Supervision Cannot Save Insolvent Banks - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2017

  • Unicredits Aktienemission -die Zahlen gehen nicht auf - weiterlesen>
  • Irreführende Beruhigungen zur Bankensolvenz - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2017

  • Stress Tests don't work - read more >
  • Inflation To Rise - We expect UK, ECB and US Policy to Diverge - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler February 2017

  • EZB, Fed und BoE: Divergierende Geldpolitik - weiterlesen>
  • Stresstests in der Kritik - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler February 2017

  • Central Banks Pray for Electoral "Shocks". Forced to Nationalise Monte dei Paschi, Italy Looks in Trouble, but Cleverly Plays its Sicilian Defence. - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2017

  • Wahlsiege von Populisten: Willkommene Ablenkung für Zentralbanken? - weiterlesen>
  • Monte dei Paschi: Selbstbesicherung geht in die nàchste Runde - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2017

  • The Eventual Impact of Rising Bond Yields. Further Cracks Appearing in the 'Global Consensus' of Bank Supervision - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2016

  • Die internationale Finanzaufsichtsarchitektur bröckelt - weiterlesen>
  • Globaler Bondmarkt: Wachsende Renditen, wachsende Unsicherheit - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2016

  • The European Banking Can Nears the End of the Road - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2016

  • "Selbstbesicherung": Nach Bari nun MPS und Unicredit? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2016

  • As QE becomes widely discredited, German policymakers end their uneasy truce with the ECB. Banking woes deepen. - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2016

  • Fiskalpolitische Anmaßungen der EZB unter Kritik - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2016

  • The absence of structural reforms brings the effectiveness of ECB policy increasingly into question. - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2016

  • Eurozone: Keine Strukturreformen in Sicht - weiterlesen>
  • Europäisches Bankensystem: Weiterhin nicht robust - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2016

  • Post Brexit, Sterling weakens. Brexit will retest Central Banks' Firepower. Will Scotland's Resurgent Independence Campaign Want to Keep the Pound? - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2016

  • Schwaches Pfund, starke Zentralbanken - weiterlesen>
  • Ist der Bail-In ein Papiertiger? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2016

  • Brexit Fervour Underscores the Weakness of Economic Forecasting. - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2016

  • Brexit-Debatte leidet unter irrefùhrenden Argumenten - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2016

  • Central banks Embrace the Blockchain; Some Senior Bankers speak out against Cocos - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2016

  • Verschwinden Cocos wieder vom Markt? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2016

  • Some technical points on accounting concerns and potential ECB support of insolvent banks - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2016

  • Fragwürdige Refinanzierung durch IFRS 9 - weiterlesen>
  • Neue Bilanzierungsvorschrift IFRS 9 unter Beschuss - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2016

  • "Still Talking to a Brick Wall" (OECD's William White on central banks response to cautionary advice)- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2016

  • Verliert die EZB ihre Glaubwürdigkeit? weiterlesen>
  • Kapitalmarktunion – aber welche? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2016

  • Does the ECB have contingency plans for jittery January Markets? Italy has decided to guarantee some non performing bank loans- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler February 2016

  • Italien: Nichts aus der Krise gelernt? weiterlesen>
  • Hat die EZB einen Notfallplan? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler February 2016

  • The BIS Criticises central bank policies - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2016

  • Geldpolitik erneut in der Kritik weiterlesen>
  • Fehlverhalten als Normalfall: Die Banken haben gewonnen - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler january 2016

  • Problems executing QE cause market confidence in the ECB to dip- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2015

  • Die Welt des Geldes: Rückblick auf 2015, Ausblick auf 2016 weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2015

  • US regulations blamed for banks turning away deposits. - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2015

  • Die Deutsche Bank in Schwierigkeiten?- weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2015

  • Further Volatility and Weaknesses in Financial Markets - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2015

  • Zentralbanken: Wunsch vom Ende des Bargeldes - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2015

  • China Crisis; Financial Markets' Reactions Highlight Failure of Years of Similar Monetary Policies- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2015

  • Was steckt hinter Chinas Wãhrungsabwertung? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2015

  • British Banking Stress Tests are Worse Than Useless; BIS Annual Report - Central Banks "Defenceless"- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 14th July 2015

  • UK Casts Light on ECB policies and Considers its Future Association. b) Criminal Convictions in Banking. Is Deregulation Really to Blame?- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 14th June 2015

  • Europãische Union: Droht der Brexit? - weiterlesen >
  • Banken außer Rand und Band: Versagen die Regulierer? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 14. Juni 2015

  • Secondary US Bonds Market | Unique Bulgarian Banking Crisis - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 13th May 2015

  • Investorenvertrauen sinkt, Märkte trocknen aus - weiterlesen >
  • Trauerspiel um die bulgarische KTB - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 13. Mai 2015

  • Easing and Volatility | More woes in Carinthia - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 9th April 2015

  • Starke Kursschwankungen durch Quantitative Easing - weiterlesen >
  • Bail-In bei der Hypo Alpe Adria - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 11th April 2015

  • Cobden Partners present capital markets solutions - "How to Finance New Nuclear Power Plants" at the Bulgarian Energy and Mining Forum, Sofia - read more >
  • 27th March 2015

  • Greece has Plan B | US Stress Tests - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 13th March 2015

  • Zweifel an Sinnhaftigkeit der Fed-Stresstests - weiterlesen >
  • Griechischer Schuldenschnitt wird wahrscheinlicher - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 13th March 2015

  • Greece's options, in the light of an ever deteriorating Eurozone banking system - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 16th February 2015

  • EZB und Syriza auf Crashkurs - weiterlesen >
  • Banking: Nichts gelernt aus der Krise? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 16th February 2015

  • Bank Losses From Swiss Currency Surprise Seen Mounting read more >
  • Elena Logutenkova 19th January 2015

  • ECB QE? Will banks avoid Russia?- read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2015

  • Sanktionen gegen Moskau: Schlechter Deal für Europas Banken - weiterlesen >
  • Kommt das Quantitative Easing in der Euro-Zone? - weiterlesen>
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler January 2015

  • Crisis moves into endgame phase as ECB board splits. Now Russia holds all the cards - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 14th December 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler December 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 14th November 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 14th November 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler November 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 10th October 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 10th October 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler October 2014

  • Scotland could keep the pound - but at the cost of any monetary independence - read more >
  • Kevin Dowd 18th September 2014

  • Article on the reason why Scottish Nationalists do not want a currency board - read more >
  • Dowd, Kerr, Butler 17th September 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 14th September 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 14th September 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler September 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 14th July 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler July 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 19th June 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 19th June 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler June 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 16th May 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 16th May 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler May 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published April 14th 2014 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published April 14th 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler April 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 17th March 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published 17th March 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler March 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published February 19th 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 19th February 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published February 19th 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 19th February 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published January 15th 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 15th January 2014

  • German version of Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis Newsletter, published January 15th 2014 - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr, Butler 15th January 2014

  • Dennis Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute explains the challenges facing national governments in Europe in 2014 - read more >
  • Dennis Lachman 2nd January 2014

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis newsletter - December - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Kerr, Butler 16th December 2013

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis newsletter, French version - December - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Kerr, Butler 16th December 2013

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis newsletter, German version - December - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Kerr, Butler 16th December 2013

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis newsletter - October - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr 13th October 2013

  • Cobden Partners' monthly debt crisis newsletter, German version - October - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr 13th October 2013

  • The European Parliament recognises the validity of Cobden Partners exposure of deep flaws in IFRS accounting rules for banks- read more >
  • Pat Sweet 24th September 2013

  • BIS veteran says global credit excess worse than pre-Lehman - read more >
  • The Telegraph 15th September 2013

  • European Monthly Crisis Newsletter - September - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr 13th September 2013

  • Europe's Single Bank Rule Book Falls Apart as North Races Ahead- read more >
  • Frances Schwartzkopff & Peter Levring - 26th August 2013

  • Bankers as Trapeze Artists - read more >
  • Allister Heath 8th August 2013

  • The Rise of Freelance Politicians - read more >
  • Hristian Daskalov 9th July 2013

  • Tweet:Front page of today's CITY AM news, Leading UK regulator Andy Haldane is aware of imminent systemic financial breakdown. Countries should look to Cobden Partners for advice on how best to emerge from this crisis: - read more >
  • Andy Haldane 14th June 2013

  • Public Lecture "Bulgaria & The Eurozone - Where To Now?" - view poster >
  • Gordon Kerr 22nd May 2013

  • European Monthly Crisis Newsletter - May - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr 15th May 2013

  • Cyprus bail-out: savers will be raided to save euro in future crises, says eurozone chief - read more >
  • Bruno Waterfield 25th March 2013

  • European Monthly Crisis Newsletter - March - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr 18th March 2013

  • Gordon Kerr's OPED for Bloomberg on the urgent need for honest accounting by banks: - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr 11th March 2013

  • Negative interest rates idea floated - read more >
  • by Bank's Paul Tucker 26th February 2013

  • European Monthly Crisis Newsletter - January (in German) - read more >
  • Colombattoo, Dowd, Kerr 16th February 2013

  • Bundesbank to pull gold from New York and Paris in watershed moment - read more >
  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 15th January 2013

  • At last, question time for the money printers - read more >
  • Liam Halligan 13th January 2013

  • Building a Sturdier Euro - read more >
  • Wolfgang Schauble, 13th December 2012

  • Gold Made Simple News, Nov 23 "Greek Economy Shrinks 40% in Year to November 2012- read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, 23rd November 2012

  • IMF calls for euro action to avert global catastrophe - read more >
  • Bruno Waterfield, 10th October 2012

  • UK Corporate Governance group, PIRC, estimate UK banks have £40bn in hidden losses on their books - read more >
  • Philip Aldrick, 6th October 2012

  • We should go further unbundling banks - Bank of England's Head of Financial Stability read more >
  • Andrew Haldane 2nd October 2012

  • Paul Volcker: ring-fencing banks is not enough - read more >
  • Helia Ebrahimi, 23rd September 2012

  • ECB in 'panic', say former chief economist Juergen Stark - read more >
  • The Telegraph 22nd September 2012

  • Yalman Onaran explains that deposit flight leaves Brussels only one option: federalised banking and sovereign debt union. - read more >
  • Yalman Onaran 19th September 2012

  • Bankers should behave at work as they do at home, says Archbishop Vincent Nichols - read more >
  • John Bingham 17th September 2012

  • The ECB as Monarch and Dictator - read more >
  • Ken Pottinger 11th September 2012

  • Bulgaria's Lesson for Euro-Skeptics - read more >
  • WSJ Editorial 5th September 2012

  • Bank of England's Executive Director of Financial Stability, Andy Haldane, on how the expansion of the rule book has not increased stability - read more >
  • Andy Haldane 31st August 2012

  • Cobden Partners' Ewen Stewart on Quantitative Easing, writing for "ThinkScotland" - read more >
  • Ewen Stewart 23rd August 2012

  • US Republican Party considers a return to the Gold Standard - read more >
  • Robin Harding and Anna Fifield 23rd August 2012

  • Liam Halligan reminds the reader that the much demanded state "Spending Boost" has been tried before, with disastrous consequences in the 1970s - read more >
  • Liam Halligan 19th August 2012

  • Christopher Booker opining that Germany will break up the euro - read more >
  • Christopher Booker 19th August 2012

  • Devaulation is no magical crisis solution - it is sovereign default by another name - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr 5th July 2012

  • Mojmir Hampl, of the Czech Central Bank, explains the impossibility of the cornerstone of the Basel 3 bank regulation basis - identifying SIFIs - read more >
  • Mojmir Hampl 23rd June 2012

  • UK and Europe languish in a 'zombie bank' malaise - read more >
  • Liam Halligan 9th June 2012

  • Kevin Dowd on Bulgaria's choices, DARIK newspaper (Russian Language) - part 1 > part 2 >
  • Kevin Dowd 7th June 2012

  • UK needs new accounting rules for banks - read more >
  • Andrew Haldane, Bank of England's Head of Financial Stability 5th June 2012

  • For the eurozone, the worst is yet to come - read more >
  • Liam Halligan 26th May 2012

  • Kevin Dowd and Gordon Kerr, on why devaluation is no solution to a nation's economic woes - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr and Kevin Dowd, 11th May 2012

  • ECB 'bazooka' not quick enough - read more >
  • Mario Draghi, 25th April 2012

  • Daniel Hannan on the deepening European divisions, - read more >
  • Daniel Hannan, 24th April 2012

  • Holland house prices drop to 15% below 2008 levels - read more >
  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, 19th April 2012

  • UK Corporate Governance group, PIRC, claim IFRS accounting standards obscure "true and fair" view of banks' accounts - read more >
  • Jill Treanor, 18th April 2012

  • Monetary activism caused the crisis and may cause a worse one later - read more >
  • Steve Baker MP, 10th April 2012

  • Brussels' blind faith in IFRS - read more >
  • Syed Kamall, Conservative, London, European Parliament, 15th March 2012

  • Letter from resigning head of equity derivatives at Goldman Sachs - read more >
  • Greg Smith 14th March 2012

  • U.K. Lawmaker Proposes Making Bank Directors Liable for Losses - read more >
  • Simon Clark, 29th February 2012

  • 1st Reading of the Financial Institutions (Reform) Bill - watch now >
  • Steve Baker MP, 29th February 2012

  • Bulgaria's "Capital Weekly" reports Cobden Partners' proposals to protect Bulgaria from the crisis engulfing the Eurozone - read more >
  • Nickolay Stoyanov, 17th February 2012

  • It's hard to account for flaws in the rule-book "City AM" - read more >
  • Anthony J. Evans, 7th February 2012

  • How banks get away with inventing profits - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr, 20th January 2012

  • Bank of England embraces Cobden Partners' message
  • Bank of England official calls for bespoke accounting standards for banks - read more >
  • Jill Treanor, 19th January 2012

  • New bank accounting rules needed to avoid another crisis, says BoE's Haldane - read more >
  • Louise Armitstead, 19th January 2012

  • Detlev on Start the Week with Andrew Marr on BBC Radio Four - read more >
  • Detlev Schlichter, 13th January 2012

  • Cameron Proposals Won't Curb Executive Pay, Occupy London Says - read more >
  • Katie Linsell, 10th January 2012

  • Banks use accounting loopholes to inflate profits and bolster bonuses - read more >
  • Jill Treanor 14th December 2011

  • Osborne misses a great opportunity - read more >
  • Allister Heath 30th November 2011

  • Markets pricing in endgame for the euro, warns UBS - read more >
  • Garry White 27th November 2011

  • The Real Reason Britain Is Not Growing- read more >
  • Daniel Hannan MEP 22nd November 2011

  • Investors urge Vince Cable to rid accounting rules of profit distortion - read more >
  • Louise Armitstead 15th November 2011

  • Germany must decide if it wants the eurozone to survive or perish - read more >
  • Liam Halligan 12th November 2011

  • Lloyds Banking Group's culture saps the energy and enthusiasm of even the keenest staff - read more >
  • Rob Brown 8th November 2011

  • The eurozone crisis can't hide George Osborne's shortcomings for ever - read more >
  • Fraser Nelson 4th November 2011

  • Europe's future is coming into focus: hyperinflation -
    read more >
  • Detlev Schlichter 27th October 2011

  • Credit Easing in the UK - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr 5th October 2011

  • Operation Twisted Logic - read more >
  • Detlev Schlichter 26th September 2011

  • Ringfencing retail banks - just rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr 12th September 2011

  • The shocks won't end with the summer - read more >
  • Merryn Somerset Webb September 2011

  • The Fed is very nearly bust and it is probably not alone amongst central banks - read more >
  • Steve Baker MP 1st September 2011

  • Buffett's $5 billion 'vote of confidence' in Bank of America - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr 30th August 2011

  • Forty Years of Paper Money - WSJ - read more >
  • Detlev Schlichter 15th August 2011

  • In this grave crisis, the world's leaders are terrifyingly out of their depth - read more >
  • Peter Oborne 6th August 2011

  • Has the financial crash finally settled the Hayek-Keynes debate? - read more >
  • Daniel Hannan 22nd July 2011

  • Speech on UK IMF contribution - read more >
  • Steve Baker MP 7th July 2011

  • The UK is facing a sovereign debt crisis - read more >
  • Gordon Kerr 1st July 2011

  • Bank profits distorted by IFRS accounting rules, says Bank of England Governor- read more >
  • The Daily Telegraph 25th June 2011

  • RBS ignores accusations of accounting shortfall - read more >
  • Accountancy Age 17th June 2011

  • Money Marketing on Cobden Partners' work on RBS Accounting Distortion - read more >
  • Money Marketing 9th June 2011

  • Forbes reports our work on RBS Accounting Distortion - read more >
  • Forbes 9th June 2011

  • IFRS critics see momentum gathering - read more >
  • Accountancy Age 9th June 2011

  • FT International - read more >
  • Jamie Whyte 8th June 2011

  • Royal Bank of Scotland told by MPs to explain £25bn accounting 'distortion' - read more >
  • The Daily Telegraph 2nd June 2011

  • MPs attack RBS's 'distorted' IFRS accounting -read more >
  • Accountancy Age 2nd June 2011

  • The Bank of England is failing this country - read more >
  • The Telegraph 22nd May 2011

  • Dissecting Three Aspects of the Euro-Zone Drama - read more >
  • The Wall Street Journal 16th May 2011

  • UK and Netherlands to sue Iceland over lost deposits - read more >
  • BBC News 10th April 2011

  • George Osborne must act before Britain is sucked into the euro whirlpool - read more >
  • The Telegraph 8th April 2011

  • We must call the bluff of the big, bad banks - read more >
  • The Telegraph 8th April 2011

  • Ireland's 5th Bailout Demonstrates that Bailouts Cannot Work - read more >
  • Cobden Center 4th April 2011

  • 'The Corporate Virtue of Bankers' "The Times", read more >
  • Jamie Whyte 30th December 2010

Stress Test

  • UK banking system an accident waiting to happen - Adam Smith
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • British banking remains "accident waiting to happen" 10 years after Northern Rock collapse, report claims - Adam Smith
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • UK's high street banks are accident waiting to happen, says report - The Guardian
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • UK's banks ill-prepared for another financial crisis, warns think tank - The Telegraph
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • Martin Flanagan: Report rakes over ashes of banking weakness The Scotsman
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • Dire warning on banks decade after Northern Rock - FT Adviser
  • Kevin Dowd September 2016

  • Are the Bank of England′s stress tests fit for purpose?- Cap X
  • Kevin DowdSeptember 2017

  • Banks are still highly leveraged - they could come begging to the taxpayer once again- Red X
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • BoE deputy governor: Banks could still fail - but safely - Sky News
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • Finance sector an 'accident waiting to happen', report says- Sky News
  • Kevin Dowd September 2017

  • It has also covered on some blogs including Proactive Investors, London Economic, London Loves Business and the Investors Chronicle.

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