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Now about your test results, Mr. Lewis

I’m not sure what’s more odd: that U.S. regulators weren’t doing “stress tests” on their banks in 2007 and 2008, or that they now insist on putting the results out for all to see…before the bank in...

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Bay Street Buzz

This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.: CIBC has announced the following additions to the Global Derivatives and Strategic Risk Group: Christopher Dunning has joined as Managing...

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Canadian banks a haven in tough times

While we all were hiding under our desks, something was going on at Canada’s largest chartered banks. They were deftly swinging into preservation mode. Think about the brutality of the past twelve...

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“Bearish Whitney” not infallible

Bank analyst Meredith Whitney made headlines yesterday when she downgraded Goldman Sachs (GS:NYSE) to a “neutral” from a “buy”. With Goldman up over $130 from its US$40s low of earlier this year, Ms....

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US banks have just US$13B exposed to UAE

As nervous as I was on Friday morning about the ability of global banks to duck the impact on a payment standstill at Dubai World (see prior post “Eid’s pause won’t help Western Banks as Dubai reels”...

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Hunger Strike – Day Nine

I know we had a rogue blog yesterday (see prior post “Some lines for the White House this am” June 23-10). Just thought that I’d give ya a taste of the good ole days. Not to break from the blogging...

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Fickle Rules in Bank M&A Land

The market can be fickle. You’ve got to commiserate with Bank of Montreal (BMO:TSX) CEO Bill Downe. After years, maybe decades, of waiting to buy the right banking business in the Midwest, his bank...

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Flaherty & Co. slap Moody’s

News item: G20 commits “to take all necessary actions to preserve the stability of banking systems and financial markets as required.” At the time, it seemed “stupid”, as Kim Parlee and I discussed on...

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Easy fix to “Volker Rule”: split the banks & dealers

The opposition is fierce, I read, and by last evening there were thousands of pages of letters filed with the various arms of the U.S. government. The goal of the “Volker Rule” is to limit the risk...

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SOA Software draws $10 Million of Growth Capital from Wellington

I’m sorry about the lack of blogging of late. Lots of excuses, have I. Lead up to March Break. Recovery from the aforementioned March Break. And then some good deals along with some other stuff of...

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