Limits of the Law
While this may be a little tangential to the normal run of posts here, to me managing regulatory risk is one of the things that any good risk manager has to do. Understanding the abilities and...
View ArticleUS Money Supply – Update
Following on from this post nearly a year ago I thought an update may be of interest. Clearly, the situation has not improved greatly since then and the reservations I expressed about this last year...
View ArticleANZ’s New Logo – What is that?
I do not often point out an individual bank’s marketing – but what is with that new logo from the ANZ? The first time I saw it I thought it had to be a joke – and then I thought about the history of...
View ArticleBank Logos – Vote!
There seems to have been a bit of interest in the post on the ANZ’s new logo – so perhaps we can do two votes of the back of that. For this first one we should see if we can find the best Australian...
View ArticleWorst Bank Logo – Vote
OK – here is the (slightly) nastier one – the one for the worst logo. While I do not particularly like the new ANZ one, I am not sure it is the worst, so have a go and see if you think there are worse...
View ArticleIFRS 9 – Update on Amortised Cost and Impairment
There is a heck of a lot in this, so I have split this into two posts – one on the exposure draft (ED) on amortised cost (AC) and impairment and one on the (now released) “final” standard on...
View ArticleUS Banking “Reforms”
I have been asked several times for a summary of what I think about the changes to the US banking system mooted by the Obama administration. Apart from not actually addressing the root cause of the...
View ArticleNot much to say
I have not had much to say here over the last few weeks as work has been pretty intense. In the mean time, for those of you more interested in monetary questions, head on over to the Daily Kos for a...
View ArticleAPS 330 Reports – Are They Useful?
Quarterly disclosure of assets, credit quality and capital is supposed to be one of the "pillars" of the modern regulatory model governing Australia's banking industry. Yet the mandated disclosure of...
View ArticleAPS 330: What now?
As discussed below, quarterly disclosure of assets, credit quality and capital is supposed to be one of the “pillars” of the modern regulatory model governing Australia’s banking industry. Yet the...
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