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ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... developing nations, according to a global responsible investment expert. A lot of the countries previously thought too big to fail have now been thrown into question, and investors have reconsidered their allocations. Many Australian pension funds have ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... trouble. Ahh yes, this calls for another "sure, sure" retort once again. Italy's now the latest member that is too big to fail and too big to bail. Remember it was once Spain? Because its debt was more than those of Greece, Ireland and Portugal combined? ...

Promises and plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... of euros" to provide a "firebreak" around Greece, Portugal and Ireland and prevent the crisis from spreading to too big to fail Spain and Italy; (2) raise the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) from a,-440 billion to a,-2 trillion; (3) a "quid ...

Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... Portugal combined. Even our good friend Dr. "gloom and doom" Roubini has made a comeback proclaiming that Spain is too big to fail and too big to bail (out). The Financial Times Deutschland reported that most other governments in the eurozone and the ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... The rest of the PIGS will be saved. It is the Eurozone's best interest that they are saved. Greece may not be too big to fail, but it could contaminate. Laws, regulations and limitations that every member country must adhere to came with the formation ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... five other seven emirates are dragged down along with Dubai. But just in case Abu Dhabi decides that Dubai is not too big to fail after all, Dubai has a plan B. It unveiled a new "reorganisation (read, bankruptcy) law" based on international standards ...

US reform tightens net on big firms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
The US House of Representatives has given government regulators more power to clamp down on "too big to fail" firms that threaten economic instability. Voters have given the green light to a bill to rein in firms seen as "too big to fail", according ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... decided that just about every large bank, investment bank, insurance company, and even some industrial companies are too big to fail. Rather than making management, shareholders, and debt holders feel the consequences of their risk-taking, you bailed ...

Top 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... the world in the event of another financial meltdown -- had drawn up a list of financial institutions it deems too big to fail. The who's who includes: North America: US -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan ...

Posh playground turns sandpit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... Time and again, we thought his time it's different. Well is it? Huh...punk! The good news is that Dubai is not "too big to fail". The world would barely notice if it returns to desert sand. But what happens when USA Inc. defaults?