"We do not expect a full blown recession as our base case but it is certainly conceivable" - Chris Walker, Foreign Exchange Strategist at UBS After 2-3 years of humbled growth since the breakdown of the previous deep economic downturn, the media headlines are again full of a new recession forecasts. In this respect, Dukascopy has interviewed an expert in finance, Chris Walker,
"I fully agree with IMF: the Eurozone banks must be recapitalized" - Josef Marbacher, Professor of Banking and Finance at University of Applied Sciences North-western Switzerland and a former economist at the Swiss National Bank After the Franco-Belgian Dexia bank's shares record plunge by 38% on 10 October, the Board of Directors has approved of its "healthy" units sale to the Belgian government and confirmed
"The bail-out [by BRICs] could have an indirect negative impact on the Euro zone" - Andreas Rasche Dukascopy continues to interview experts on the topic of European sovereign debt crisis. Andreas Rasche, Assistant Professor of Business in Society at Warwick Business School, Visiting Professor at European Business School in Germany and a former Consultant to the United Nations Global Compact Office, has
"The reform of rating agencies is of course desirable, but difficult" - Philippe RaimbourgIn light of the recent massive sovereign countries' and banks' rating downgrades, Dukascopy TV has interviewed and asked opinions on the role and importance of rating agencies of Philippe Raimbourg, Professor of Finance at University of Paris PanthГ©on Sorbonne. 1) A common society perception is that Rating Agencies have
With the mounting level of economic problems the Euro zone is in dire need of external financial aid. Among the top potential providers of credit analysts highlight the BRIC countries that have accumulated huge foreign currency reserves. In this respect Dukascopy has asked the experts' opinions directly from BRIC countries on the matter.
In light of the massive countries' and banks' ratings downgrades by the major rating agencies the analysts are trying to recognize the real meaning behind the downgrades, whether they signal the global economy's slowdown or endeavour to fix their image for relative sluggishness during the crisis of 2008. In this respect Dukascopy has asked expert's opinion on the role and
With the mounting level of economic problems the Eurozone is in need of external financial aid. Among the top potential providers of credit analysts suggest the reserves rich BRIC countries. Dukascopy has asked the expert's opinion on the matter.
The Federal Open Market Committee announced September 21 the execution of Quantitative Easing (QE) plan which is also named Operation Twist. The Fed's plan is to buy $400 billion of long-term debt, thus making it easier to receive a mortgage or to get a business loan at a favourable loan rate which would result in rallying economic growth and employment.
In light of the recent massive sovereign countries' and banks' rating downgrades, Dukascopy TV has interviewed and asked opinions on the role and importance of rating agencies of two experts - Prof. Dr Norman SchГјrhoff, Professor of Finance at University of Lausanne, Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute and Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and Prof. Dr
Last week Swiss investment bank UBS reported unauthorized trading which caused a loss of $2.3 billion. Kweku Adoboli, a rogue trader from UBS London office who is in charge of the loss is accused of speculative trading in index futures. UBS's CEO Oswald Gruebel notified that the incident will have an effect on the bank's strategy and possible division of the
“It may well be in the interest of the BRIC countries to prop the Euro up”- Rajesh Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business“BRIC countries have to initially make sure that Europe can take action to rescue itselfbefore being saved by BRIC”- Frank M. Song, Professor of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong$With the
$“Maybe it is to China's best interest to let things get even worse in Europe before it helps it to get better”- Ricardo P. Câmara Leal, Professor at University of Rio de JaneiroWith the mounting level of economic problems the Eurozone is in need of external financial aid. Among the top potential providers of credit analysts suggest the reserves rich
In light of the recent massive sovereign countries’ and banks’ rating downgrades, Dukascopy TV has interviewed and asked opinions on the role and importance of rating agencies of two experts - Prof. Dr Norman Schürhoff, Professor of Finance at University of Lausanne, Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute and Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and
In light of the recent massive sovereign countries’ and banks’ rating downgrades, Dukascopy TV has interviewed and asked opinions on the role and importance of rating agencies of two experts - Prof. Dr Norman Schürhoff, Professor of Finance at University of Lausanne, Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute and Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and