Though the cycle seemed to have started from Sovereign downgrades in 2009, it is more or less back to Bank downgrades though a lot is happening on all the four fronts around the same time. Greek debt is now demanding…
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Rinse and Repeat: Downgrade Banks, Revive failed banks(European Sovereign Debt Crisis); Downgrade country, Increase Bailout fund
Tagged with: Bank, BNP Paribas, France, Greece, Italy, Moody, Spain, UBS
Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Global, Uncategorized
Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Global, Uncategorized
Bank Results Season: A bank with no investments in the USA wins?
Income and profits have been showing a double-digit growth at Standard Chartered over the six months of 2010 and it will be in its own league when it presents growth banking on Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore next month.…
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Tagged with: Bank of England, china, Dubai, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, JPMorgan Chase, Malaysia, Singapore
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
The upcoming credit policy: Reading the papyrus scrolls for premeditated reform
Image via Wikipedia What we think: less rate hikes, more liquidity, removal of stimulus If you are still bothered more about the India china story as read by the sturdy and stable Indian system that refused to buckle in 2008…
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Tagged with: India, ING Vysya Bank, Reserve Bank of India, Run batted in, Sameer, Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Posted in Amitonomics, Banking, Emerging Markets, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
The AIG Update
Image by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr AIG owes the American taxpayer $120bln. that may seem less given that it could easily be the monthly allowance for the Feds this year if QE is approved in 2 days and slowing…
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Tagged with: Alico, American International Assurance, American International Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Metlife
Posted in Banking, TARP, Uncategorized, US
Posted in Banking, TARP, Uncategorized, US
Credit Agricole takes Greece in its stride | Advantage zyaada
Dealbook tells us that the first greek confession has happened. Credit Agricole, the French bank, pushed back profit targets for struggling Greek unit Emporiki on Tuesday and will take a 400 million euros ($536.7 million) write-down as Greece fights its…
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Tagged with: Credit Agricole, DB, Deutsche Bank, Europe, France, Germany, Greece
Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Uncategorized
Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Uncategorized
The new Swiss Emental and Gouda cheese with rosemary | Surviving Brand India
Nearer to the echelons of power, a psychologically displaced group of Indians and disgruntled/muddled global corporations ring fence the corridors of power but continue to form a shabby third / sometimes second tier of investments in the country. Reliance is…
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The G.M. IPO | Advantage zyaada
General Motors with a 61% stake from the Treasury/Government is being readied for an IPO with its 12% market share and sales of less than 150k cars a month. The 61% stake would be hard to let go but the…
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This new story of breaking up Goliath | Advantage zyaada
And here’s Prudential ready to break up into pieces for buying AIA. I am not so sure we are achieving anything out of this $35 b purchase but domestic monopoly rules would be tougher in each country esp in insurance,…
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Tagged with: AIA, AIG, Asia, Prudential
Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Posted in Banking, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Bad Karma – Discovering the Dow’s ‘sympathetic’ influence in 20 minutes
Early last week, Greece’s villainy of mismanagement quickly covered lost ground in out pacing Goldman Sachs and their friends the Clintons from the headlines. Greece was however soon lost in the details as the devils of program trading were raised…
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Tagged with: Bank Crisis, Credit Crisis, credit suisse, Europe, UBS
Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Private Equity, Uncategorized
Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Private Equity, Uncategorized
State Bank Disappoints | Advantage ‘zyaada’
The magic of any large bank can fade away when it ramps up costs without due notice to the market experts. the bullring around India probably will take time to recover from State Bank of India’s operational cost increases with…
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Tagged with: India, India Banking, SBI
Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, India, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Posted in Banking, Emerging Markets, Financial Markets, India, Retail Lifestyle, Uncategorized
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