financial crisis

Imbalances are back on the global agenda

Policymakers must overcome the mercantilist fallacy that the way to get rich is by running surpluses forever

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America boosted their overall bonus pools for their bankers and traders by at least 10%.

Wall Street banks are paying their CEOs like it’s 2006 again

The payouts reflect a banner year for the industry, with the nation’s top financial firms posting their biggest annual earnings since 2021

Governor Andrew Bailey said the BOE planned to conduct a “system-wide exploratory scenario” with banks, insurers, private equity companies and other non-bank lenders.

Bank of England’s Bailey warns First Brands, Tricolor collapses may herald worse to come

BOE plans to run a “stress test” with private equity and credit industry

Markets often overshoot on the downside, recover in unpredictable bursts, and eventually reach new highs.
INSIGHTS FROM CFA SOCIETY SINGAPORE

When markets shudder: A common-sense guide for everyday investors

Over the long periods of history, markets have rewarded discipline far more reliably than they have rewarded bravado

Some executives are struggling to gauge the impact of the White House’s rapidly shifting policies on their businesses.

CEOs haven’t been this gloomy about the US economy since the financial crisis

So far in the current quarter, 27 per cent of the firms in the S&P 500 Index have cut their guidance for 2025 while only 9 per cent have increased their outlook

The company says the UK government had rejected Harland & Wolff’s request for a US$263.94 million credit facility, and the shipbuilder appointed Rothschild & Co to explore strategic options for the group.

Titanic builder Harland & Wolff to appoint administrators as debt woes deepen

It will cut jobs in its non-core and certain central support areas, without specifying the number of roles affected

A sea of red on an electronic stock board in Shanghai during the 2008 great financial crisis. As geopolitical stresses mount, we should both re-remember the past and try to imagine what might happen in the future if a financial crisis erupted in China, for example, amid deep conflict.
PERSPECTIVE

Crisis memory, geopolitics and the risks of financial contagion

The question of how well we can deal with shocks in our future is not at all clear

Sri Lanka’s agriculture sector grew 3 per cent from a year earlier, with an increase of 0.3 per cent in industrial output, while services grew by 1.3 per cent.

Sri Lanka’s economy returns to growth, led by agriculture

Sri Lanka’s economy grew by 1.6 per cent in the quarter from July to September, official data showed on Friday (Dec 15), as the country claws its way back from its worst financial crisis in more than ...

China will “forcefully prevent developers from defaulting on their debts all at once,” says Dong Jianguo, Vice Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

China official vows to prevent collective defaults of developers

A top Chinese housing official pledged to avoid a cascade of debt defaults by property developers, among the strongest comments yet to cushion an escalating real estate liquidity crisis.