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Puzzling Complexity The global financial architecture is very complex. Despite increasing liberalization of financial markets, increased system risk and integration of the economies through the financial markets in the last 30 years, there is no single World Financial Authority regulating … Continue reading →
22. April 2008 by kasi
Categories: Memo |
Tags: bcbs, bis, central banks, contagion, currency crisis, exchange rates, finance ministers, financial architecture, financial regulation, g7, hedge fund, imf, international monetary fund, John Eatwell, john maynard keynes, Kern Alexander, kyoto, lender of last ressort, liquidity crisis, Rahul Dhumale, soft law, systemic risk, world bank, World Financial Authority, world trade organization, wto |
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagard has compared the recent FSF-report released by the G7 Finance Ministers last week to the Plaza Accord (as quoted by Christopher Swann in an article at Bloomington): The April 11 statement was “not very different” … Continue reading →
15. April 2008 by kasi
Categories: Discussions |
Tags: accounting standards, banks, christine lagard, exchange rates, finance ministers, france, fsf, g7, iasb, plaza accord |
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The FSF Report on Financial Stability (called “Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience”) was yesterday approved by the G7. To assess the impact of the report on the global financial architecture and the responses to the credit crisis in the financial … Continue reading →
13. April 2008 by kasi
Categories: Reports |
Tags: banking supervision, banks, credit rating agencies, exchange rates, financial regulation, financial stability, fsf, g7, imf, sovereign wealth fund, subprime crisis |
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In Hulls book about futures and options, he mentions the profound changes that the Exchanges went through. While most of the different type of futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were established well before the 1970ies, the formation of options … Continue reading →
09. April 2008 by kasi
Categories: Memo |
Tags: exchange rates, exchanges, financial institutions, g7, john c. hull, options, stocks |
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