Peter Thal Larsen
Asia Editor, Breakingviews, Reuters
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Asia Editor at Reuters Breakingviews, though these opinions are home-baked. Retweeting ≠ agreement. Occasional sarcasm. For pictures, see instagram.com/peter_tl/
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Fred Goodwin gambled his reputation on RBS - and lost. Would the added risk of jail have made him any more cautious? on.ft.com/12acTom
Reckless banking should be a criminal offence
ft.com — Five years on, the banking crisis still has the power to shock. This time, what stuns is not the familiar analysis of its causes and consequences laid out in the report of Britain's Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, but the enormity of
@PaulJDavies Most plausible theory I've heard. Unless it's just fleeing Chinese capital, in which case a Fed-driven reversal is less likely
@PaulJDavies Funding question is interesting. Why does hot money lead to deposit inflows when HK has zero interest rates and a dollar peg?
Lending in Hong Kong is 170% of GDP, the highest in Asia, and higher than in 1997. on.ft.com/10tFHhT via @pauljdavies
Inside business: Hong Kong fears cooling of hot money flows
ft.com — How hot is Hong Kong? Ed Snowden has fuelled a media firestorm by hiding here while he lobs out explosive revelations about US internet snooping. But locals should have their eyes on a different kind of American-generated heat. Hong Kong has been
@prchovanec None whatsoever.
@prchovanec Does this explain the SHIBOR spike? Off-balance sheet WMPs coming back onto bank balance sheets?
Bank leverage spat shows limits of simplicity: @DominicElliott and I tackle the Hoenig/Deutsche dispute. buff.ly/17WNXcs
Breakingviews: Bank leverage spat shows the limits of simplicity
newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com — By Dominic Elliott and Peter Thal Larsen LONDON/HONG KONG, June 18 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The mantra "simple is better" has intuitive appeal in bank regulation. That's why a growing band of academics and supervisors are pushing to adopt leverage as the primary measure of bank risk.
RT @MalcolmMoore: Glitter dancers for the Wanda Sunseeker deal. This raises the bar for corporate announcements. pic.twitter.com/bGnfSEuoAZ
MalcolmMoore: Glitter dancers for the Wanda ...
twitter.com — Glitter dancers for the Wanda Sunseeker deal. This raises the bar for corporate announcements. pic.twitter.com/bGnfSEuoAZ
Iceland received informal approach over Snowden seeking asylum
reuters.com — Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip A bus passes by a poster of Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), displayed by his supporters at Hong Kong's financial Central district during the midnight hours of June 18, 2013, while Snowden is engaged in a live chat online believed to be in Hong Kong.
There are 257 words in the G8's Lough Erne Declaration, and 13 of them are "should". (Ht @jsphctrl) gov.uk/government/upl…
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