Posted in god's away on business, EU, Banks on Mar 10th, 2012 No Comments »
[Figures available here.]
Man, they do not make it easy.
According to the ECB (here):
“Investment funds” (IFs) are collective investment undertakings that: (i) invest in financial and non-financial assets, within the meaning of the European system of national and regional accounts in the Community (ESA 95), to the extent that the objective is to invest […]
Posted in god's away on business, Banks, Ireland on Mar 9th, 2012 No Comments »
This is from an IMF working paper - WP/07/44 - written in 2004 by Elena Duggar and Srobona Mitra, entitled, External Linkages and Contagion Risk in Irish Banks, (link here).
It lists the exposed areas for Irish banks - areas where contagion could become a factor.
Here it talks about the banks’ exposure to the wholesale funding […]
Posted in EU, Banks on Mar 8th, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in Banks, Ireland on Mar 7th, 2012 No Comments »
As International Women’s Day approaches, we are sending you a call to action from women in Ireland to support us in our campaign to stop the payment of unjust debts on zombie Anglo Irish Bank.
This video tells the story of the Anglo illegitimate debt and of how unjust debts are damaging our lives and the […]
Posted in god's away business, EU, Banks on Mar 5th, 2012 1 Comment »
Consumer price inflation has been successfully contained for quite some time now at least in the major OECD economies. But at the same time we are observing large cycles in a variety of asset prices accompanied by ample global liquidity. Economists at the Bank for International Settlements have recently been arguing that the coincidence of […]
Posted in Irish Capitalism, Irish Society, Banks on Jan 29th, 2012 No Comments »
This is a drawing of the wallchart I used during the talk I gave at yesterday’s Unlock Nama demonstration.
Posted in capitalism, Economy, Bastards, Banks on Jan 19th, 2012 No Comments »
Some thoughts on this Irish Times article about Merkozy’s designs on our precious corporation tax rate. Admittedly, it raises only superficial points, but still…
The Government is facing a new threat to its corporate tax regime as Germany and France push for the acceleration of moves to create a pan-European business tax system.
It’s not new. It’s […]
Posted in Banks, Ireland on Jan 19th, 2012 No Comments »
I’m working on a paper on NAMA at the moment, but I’ve been so tied up with other stuff that I’m only getting around to reading its 2010 annual report.
It’s incredible stuff.
NAMA actually tells us that a number of the loans transferred in Autumn 2010 have serious title, security and paperwork issues.
But […]
Posted in Irish Society, Banks, Fine Gael, Ireland on Jan 18th, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in Bankrupt ireland, Bastards, Banks on Jan 17th, 2012 2 Comments »
Via
This quote is taken from the above interview at around 2:40
Interviewer: “Would you get in and invest in a bank and maybe start one?
DOB: I was on the board of a bank maybe five years ago - it’s too slow moving a business for me - I like fast moving businesses.
Interviewer: […]
