Oh, the technology! The Romney and Obama campaigns want supporters to be able to send contributions instantly using their smartphones, a step that would let telecommunications companies join in collecting fees that now flow to …
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June 4, 2012
RBC is defending its capital markets exposure: Frustrated with a recent ratings downgrade and worried by the imminent possibility of another, Royal Bank of Canada is intent on proving that its capital markets arm poses …
MAPF Portfolio Composition: May 2012
Turnover picked up in May, to about 11% Sectoral distribution of the MAPF portfolio on May 31 was as follows: MAPF Sectoral Analysis 2012-5-31 HIMI Indices Sector Weighting YTW ModDur Ratchet 0% N/A N/A FixFloat …
June 1, 2012
Berlusconi is hardly considered an elder statesman, but he’s indicative of the mood: Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Italy should say “ciao, euro” if the European Central Bank doesn’t start printing money to tackle the …
May 31, 2012
It would appear that it is the banks who shave the Spanish barber: Bankia group risks dragging the rest of Spain into its vortex As Spain’s third-biggest bank asks Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government for …
May 30, 2012
Spain is cutting off welfare recipients: Spanish renewable-energy companies that once got Europe’s biggest subsidies are deserting the nation after the government shut off aid, pushing project developers and equipment-makers to work abroad or perish. …
May 29, 2012
Too soon to call it a trend … but there are interesting goings-on in the credit rating agency world: The response to the Moody’s Investors Service downgrade of the biggest Nordic banks was rising bond …
May 28, 2012
Interesting commentary from Fitch about possible changes in the money market: In particular, we believe further MMF reform will likely lead managers to expand their product offerings beyond MMFs, possibly resulting in one unintended consequence. …
May 25, 2012
Cheerful Greek thoughts from the Institute of International Finance (aka the Bankers’ Club): The cost of Greece exiting the euro would be unmanageable and probably exceed the 1 trillion euros ($1.25 trillion) previously estimated by …
May 24, 2012
I may be a little dense, but one point about housing prices has just struck me: If you had to earn a living predicting home prices and could use just one indicator to do it, …