Category: Reuters
ECB Greek bond dodge will rile bondholders – Breakingviews
Dodging losses on Greek bonds is bad news for countries whose debt the ECB holds and may make bond buying difficult in future. Changes to risk-weighting on SME funding could erode market confidence.
Lloyds bonus clawback limited – Breakingviews
Feb. 20 – Breakingviews assistant editor Chris Hughes argues that any arbitrary application of the bonus clawback principle would be problematic.
Alibaba and Yahoo need to rebuild trust – Breakingviews
Feb. 15 – Talks on Yahoo’s Asian assets hit a snag, adding more strain to its relationship with Alibaba.
Breakingviews: House always Wynn’s?
Breakingviews columnists discuss the escalating casino battle royale between Steve Wynn and his longtime partner Kazuo Okada.
Breakingviews: Results stoke Barclays bonus dispute
Feb. 10 – Barclays’ disappointing results undermine the case for defiance on bonuses; Glexstrata deal lacks gatecrashers; and, Draghi smacks down Deutsche Bank head.
Greek bailout defuses wider blow-up – Breakingviews
Feb. 21 – The Greek bail-out makes the best of a bad job, and it is better to have a deal, even if Greece will try to wriggle out of it later, than to have a blow-up in Athens next month say Breakingviews.
Moody’s threat shows UK must keep cutting – Breakingviews
Feb. 14 – A downgrade by Moody’s would be unjustified if the UK continues its current cost-cutting measures say Reuters Breakingviews. Also a look at how the World Cup may affect liquidity trading.
Breakingviews: Greek violence is Europe’s problem too
Feb. 13 – Breakingviews. The unrest in Greece is Europe’s problem too, and Mario Monti must do more to tackle corruption in Italy, says Reuters Breakingviews.
French banks face bank-bashing new president – Breakingviews
Feb. 16 – Breakingviews assistant editor Chris Hughes argues that BNP Paribas and SocGen face the double threat of an economic slowdown and a bank-bashing new president in 2012.
How to help the Syrians – Breakingviews
Feb. 20 – Ahead of this week’s summit in Tunis, Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon argues that non-violent struggle and economic sanctions are the most palatable, if unlikely, tactics to topple Assad.
