Strategic ALM and Integrated Balance Sheet Management: The Future of Bank Risk Management
By Moorad Choudhry
The traditional approach to asset-liability management (ALM) practice in banks operated as a reactive process following product origination by the customer-facing business....
Why We Need to Reform Financial Regulation
By Markus Demary
The US Republican Party plans to repeal the Obama-era financial regulation. While their approach will bring regulatory relief to financial firms, it...
Digitisation asks Fundamental Questions of the Accountancy Sector
By Ben Laker
Estimated at $23 billion, the Digital transformation market is growing rapidly across the globe, with 23 percent of activity residing in the...
Meghan Markle Marriage to Prince Harry Proves US Taxes Can Be a Royal Pain
By Robert W. Wood
Worldwide, the IRS can create a degree of uneasiness for nearly anyone who has any US connections....
A Review of Central Bankers at the End of Their Rope By Dr. Jack...
By Lawrence Souza
Introduction
If you talk to some monetary, fiscal, macroeconomic, and financial institutional and capital market economists, some would argue that Central Banks are...
Bitcoin, Cryptos and Financial Asset Bubbles
By Jack Rasmus
At less than $1000 per coin in January, Bitcoin prices surged past $11,000 this past November. It then corrected back to $9,000,...
How to Make Finance a Force for Sustainability
By Dirk Schoenmaker
Traditional finance focusses on financial return, considering the financial sector separate from both society and the environment. In contrast, sustainable finance considers...
Runaway Train Towards Full Digitisation of Money and Labour
By Peter Koenig
The other day I was in a shopping mall looking for an ATM to get some cash. There was no ATM. A...
Telesur: The Real Causes of Deficits and the US Debt
By Jack Rasmus
With the Senate and House all but assured to pass the US$4.5 trillion in tax cuts for businesses, investors, and the wealthiest...
The Changing Nature of Country Risk in the Age of Globalisation and Donald Trump
By Michel-Henry Bouchet
In today’s global economy, the concept of Country Risk has been evolving. In this article, the author elaborates on the changing nature...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
