Let’s have some fun…. Bond Style We have been shaken, and the markets are stirred. Why not have fun in our final days? When asked what I'd do if I was on a plane that w... Continue reading
The issue with the case against ‘Reckless lending’ In operations I have two main roles, firstly is the obvious operational aspect of any company which has to do with logistics of loan su... Continue reading
Ireland: Making Argentina, Iraq and Pakistan look good From a credit perspective that is. The picture below is a snapshot of Credit Default Swap prices and the Cumulative Probability of Defa... Continue reading
Are investment property owners ‘hard pressed’? PTsb are going to take away investors tracker mortgages unless they go to capital and interest payments, that story was broken by Charl... Continue reading
Irish debt, third most likely to default in the world? Credit Default Swaps hit a record high yesterday for Irish Sovereign Debt. CNBC spoke to Brian Cowen on this topic yesterday, our Stude... Continue reading
Strong Currency There is an automatic assumption that a strong currency (in particular against the USD) leads to a difficult exporting position because... Continue reading
Emerging & Developed Economies The picture below spells it out clearly. The green line is the S&P 500, it shows that it has made and lost money resol... Continue reading
The Heirarchy in AIB (and any bank for that matter) It is simple, and it is straight forward, there is a line of people who take the pain when banks encounter problems and it goes like th... Continue reading
Financial Regulator, official change name to Central Bank of Ireland In recent correspondence the Financial Regulator wrote explaining that they have merged with the Central Bank, so in future, instead of... Continue reading