There is an increasing tension between the Iranian Government and the west on an increasingly likely European oil embargo and the Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The main question is: What will…
Last year’s European bank stress tests were faulty to say the least. For example, those tests failed to find problems with any of the Irish Banks that soon afterwards dragged Ireland into its current crisis.…
The lack of market confidence in European banks is fed by the uncertainty about Eurozone sovereign debt. This column argues governments and banking supervisors should agree a recapitalisation package well before…