http://www.eubankers.net/rssXML.php The European Banking News Network covers the following four key areas: EU Banking news, EU Compliance and Legal news, Financial IT news and Offshore news focusing on The Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Gibraltar etc http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=23019 The auction-rate securities farce continues at a pace with more indictments, but this time it involves individuals in trouble rather than entire banks. 2008-09-05 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22954 For the last week, eyes across the nation have been focused on Hurricane Gustav and its frightening potential. But even as we breathe a sigh of relief at the now "tropical depression" Gustav, new dangers emerge on the horizon in the form of Hanna, Ike and Josephine. 2008-09-05 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22914 Amid the meltdown of the British economy we hear Gordon Brown say that the "UK is well-placed to withstand the global downturn"... 2008-09-04 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22726 The countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has begun and already there are great expectations for London to deliver another world-class sporting spectacular. 2008-09-01 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22669 Having written an article about the new taxation rules from Alastair Darling and how these would see businesses quitting the UK, we now see more and more companies upping sticks and moving to pastures new. 2008-09-01 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22616 Forbes Magazine released its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world today. Amid the presidents, CEOs and two queens, there were quite a few-15, to be exact-from the world of deal making. 2008-08-29 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22503 Well it's the last week of summer, traditionally a time when you could hear a pin drop in the markets but with the way things are at the moment leaving the desk, for some, is not an option. 2008-08-27 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=22014 'If you can't explain it to your mother, you don't understand what you're talking about.' That was one of my Harvard professor's top rules of finance - and one our beleaguered captains of industry would do well to follow. 2008-08-19 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21974 As we have stated many times on this blog, the Internet can be a very large pain in the posterior if a rival or any general mischief maker decides to target you on the web. 2008-08-18 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21917 Until recently, I have always assumed that Incy Wincy was not all that bright... 2008-08-15 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21907 2008-08-15 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21877 2008-08-15 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21708 Breaking with more than 300 years of tradition, the Duke of Westminster's property empire is pondering derivatives, reports Jonathan Russell 2008-08-12 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21646 You can throw out everything you've read about why the Great Credit Crunch of '07-'08 happened, according to senior officials from the world's biggest investment banks. 2008-08-11 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21613 If all wasn't already bad enough for the beleaguered UBS, things are now starting to get serious... 2008-08-11 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21406 We have often reported on UBS's troubles, not from a case of schadenfreude, but because it is a big deal when the biggest bank in Switzerland gets its knickers in a twist. 2008-08-05 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21297 Private bankers are a long-suffering breed. They are routinely blamed by their clients when things go wrong, but rarely get the credit when affairs run smoothly. To make matters worse, their pre-eminence in the wealth sector is being threatened by the remorseless rise of multi-family offices, a new breed of adviser. 2008-08-04 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21290 'Life changed on 9 August," says Northern Rock's former chief executive, Adam Applegarth, reflecting on the day last summer when his life and his bank fell apart. "That was when the markets froze." 2008-08-04 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21253 You have to love the Internet. Gone are the days where articles can be written and it's only Mr Giles Farquarson-Smyth who can make a comment in a long-winded letter to the Times. 2008-08-01 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21249 Is it just me or are we seeing an American style stance from the regulators in the UK. I say this as news of 8 people being arrested in London is doing the rounds of the press. 2008-08-01 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21165 2008-07-31 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=21042 Every time I write something about commodities I get a thumbs up or a beating from regular investors. 2008-07-29 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20930 Oh dear! We are not doing too well at the moment with our reputation as pacifists, staunchly avoiding the worlds conflicts and doing our best to be mediators. 2008-07-25 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20856 Whether it's a credit crunch to fix or an Olympics to plan, the list of Goldman Sachs alumni is sure to have a candidate 2008-07-24 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20802 The latest in the tax Mafia saga hit the broadsheets today with news that hundreds of Britons with investments in offshore tax havens face electrocution...sorry.. 'prosecution' after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs. 2008-07-23 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20794 For what is the crime of burglarizing a bank, compared with the crime of building one? --Bertolt Brecht 2008-07-23 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20710 Go West! That was the advice fortune hunters used to receive. But in today's global economy all the old assumptions are being turned upside down. 2008-07-22 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20639 Becoming a hedge fund manager certainly has its perks... if you are successful... 2008-07-21 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20621 The fun-busters at the IRS are up to it again and the Swiss banks are the targets. 2008-07-18 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20540 Don't sue banks....It's a simple policy, and many firms that cater to the financial industry have long followed it. 2008-07-17 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20273 The real estate 'four horseman of the apocolypse' have so far avoided riding into the UK. 2008-07-14 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20232 This is more than an economic blip. The weakness of our regulators will hit Britain where it hurts - in the pocket 2008-07-11 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=20092 After seeing Hamilton win the Silverstone Grand Prix at the weekend I was in a pretty good mood today and then I made the mistake of reading the news and I must admit my cautious optimism is floundering. 2008-07-09 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19984 2008-07-07 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19849 Goldilocks is dead! Her era of a not too hot and not too cold growth environment with well-behaved inflation has come to an end... 2008-07-02 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19842 2008-07-01 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19834 Right now is a great time to be a pessimist about the markets. There are so many factors helping you out it is unbelievable... 2008-07-01 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19452 "We have said it before , the regulators are getting tough and are probably being backed by a political will to catch the big guys. Someone's scalp will be on the mantle of an ambitious politician soon, we are sure of it". 2008-06-23 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19428 Absolute Capital was once a high flying hedge fund business headed by a flambouyant CEO in the form of Florian Homm. The company was worth close to $400mn and it seemed all was rosey. 2008-06-20 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19351 2008-06-19 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19280 Who says Americans worship at the feet of the almighty dollar? Not the American public.... 2008-06-17 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=19269 Over half the female population would rather choose their own gift, according to research... 2008-06-17 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18942 There are few closer relationships in the City than that between stockbroker and fund manager. 2008-06-10 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18780 Almost every company has them. They may number six or 6,000 and they all share the same job category -- middle managers 2008-06-05 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18771 Regulators and doom merchants are shedding a tear today as the HF Global Hedge Fund Index is reported to have risen by 1.4% in May. 2008-06-05 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18726 2008-06-04 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18717 2008-06-04 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18705 Texas Rangers rode to the rescue of Bradford and Bingley, but, now they have tied up their horses, what are the men in Stetsons going to do, asks Banking Editor Philip Aldrick 2008-06-04 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18628 Many hedge fund managers and investment bankers have been slammed by the markets in the past month. Now, it seems, one has been hit by something different: an irate fellow gym-goer. 2008-06-03 http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=18545 New Star and Artemis are struggling and the sector is set for a bid blitz 2008-06-02