Tag Archives: Too Big to Fail

UK regulator on the future of banking: "The costs of doing business will be higher"

by Olaf Storbeck on 08/16/2012

Banking District (Photo credit: bsterling)
I recently interviewed Paul Sharma, Director of Policy at the …

Filed under Financial Crisis, Regulation

Tagged as Bank, banking crisis, banking regulation, European Economic Area, Financial services, Lehman brothers, Libor, light touch regulation, London, London Interbank Offered Rate, Northern Rock, Paul Sharma, ringfencing, Too Big to Fail

Bankers just don't get it

by Olaf Storbeck on 07/26/2011

A new paper sheds light on an amazing learning disability within the financial sector: …

Filed under Banking, Financial Crisis, Regulation

Tagged as banking, banks, Commercial bank, errors, financial crisis, Financial institution, Great Recession, Investment Banks, learning, mistakes, Ohio State University, René Stulz, risk taking, Robert Prilmeier, Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, TBTF, Tim Harford, Too Big to Fail, Wall Street

$4.7bn per bank, per year – How the U.S. government subsidizes Citi, BoA et al.

by Olaf Storbeck on 02/18/2011

Peer Steinbrück, the former German finance minister, was adamant. The merger of two leading …

Filed under Banking, Financial Crisis, Regulation

Tagged as banking, Basel III, breakup, financial conglomerates, financial crisis, financial regulation, government, mergers, subsidies, Too Big to Fail