Banking & Capital Markets

VIDEO: Ian Bremmer Explains the New Abnormal on CNBC

Managing Equity Risk: Some Rules for the Road

The market can change its mind on short notice so a flexible approach is essential.

Ian Bremmer and Nouriel Roubini Unveil the New Abnormal

Forget the New Normal. Five full years after the financial crisis, we’ve entered a period of increasing global uncertainty and instability that’s almost certain to trigger new crises.

Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Collapse Raises More Questions than Answers

Failure mars Hong Kong’s financial reputation, stirs political scene and prompts an investigation into potential misdeeds.

Proposed 401(k) Disclosures May Radically Change Participant Behaviour

Requiring sponsors to show plan participants their projected stream of payments could boost savings and increase use of annuities as a distribution tool.

Everything You Need to Know About Treasury Floating-Rate Notes

Why issue them? How will they be structured? Who will buy them? We have all the answers.

Corporate Share Buybacks Often Disappoint Investors

Companies like Apple often tout their share repurchase programs, but as our latest Corporate Buyback Scoreboard ranking of the S&P 500 shows, the results are not always as rosy as investors are led to believe.

Blackstone's Stephen Schwarzman on Not Wasting a Serious Crisis

Following the 2008 financial crisis, Blackstone Group chairman and CEO Stephen Schwarzman used the acquisition of GSO Capital to diversify the alternative asset management firm’s businesses and help more than double its assets.

New OTC Derivatives Rules Risk a Collateral Crunch

U.S. pension funds and insurance companies will soon have to use central clearing for over-the-counter derivatives trades, and similar rules take effect in Europe next year. Banks see rich opportunities in collateral management as a result of these changes, which experts say will trigger a shortage of high-quality collateral to meet clearinghouses’ requirements.