Archivo de octubre/2008

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I just received a summary of the main measures and actions taken by several governments in relation to the present financial crisis.

It has been elaborated by AEB (spanish banking association), in spanish, and it covers till 20th of october.

Enjoy the summary.

In times like the present one, with almost everybody panicking, sharp and cool headed investors used to step in and make a fortune. Ultimately, it

It seems that now everybody agrees on the need of higher regulation for the financial markets. But, what does this regulation exactly mean?

If higher regulation means higher government intervention in the day to day operations of financial entities, I don

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As expected, american government announced in october 13th what we can call plan B in rescue for financial institutions. We have to remember that the bill approved at the begining of october allowed the american treasury secretary to acquire mortgage-related assets either in auctions or direct purchases, and if they are short of capital, to put equity into weakened financial institutions. With this plan B, the government will invest $250 billion in newly created bank stocks.

Is this plan B better than the original plan A? I believe it is.

The problems with plan A (acquiring mortgage-related assets) have been discussed here before. Let

Islamic Finance constitutes a key area within Global Finance. It deals with finance but… being consistent with Islamic religious principles.

For example an islamic bond is called «sukuk». It complies with Islam but it is similar to our «Western» version of debt.

The obvious reason why Islamic Finance is huge is self explanatory: Oil Prices…

There are many concepts within Shari

Ahora que los gobiernos de los principales pa

La tormenta financiera ha hecho despertar a los Gobiernos. Sin embargo, ante la necesidad de adoptar soluciones r