Transforming finance: avoiding a new crisis. Watch the conference video with Fin...

May 24, 2013 10:03 AM

Transforming finance: avoiding a new crisis. Watch the conference video with Finance Watch on The Guardian !


Transforming finance: avoiding a new crisis
www.guardian.co.uk
Delegates such as Tony Greenham of the New Economics Foundation and Victoria Chick of University College London discuss ways in which a new financial crisis can be averted

Time for trading to grow up, cut the apron strings, cut the cord, stand on its o...

May 23, 2013 6:02 PM

Time for trading to grow up, cut the apron strings, cut the cord, stand on its own feet... However you want to phrase it, there is no reason for the public to support financial trading in banks!

http://www.finance-watch.org/press/press-releases/620-cut-the-cord-between-deposits-and-trading-ec-consultation

Here is our new animation ;) Enjoy and please share widely in your network! ( Sh...

May 22, 2013 4:18 PM

Here is our new animation ;) Enjoy and please share widely in your network! ( Short 90 seconds version http://bit.ly/ZdyXns or 6 minutes version: http://bit.ly/10PKpnP )


Long Term Financing (explained by kids) - short version
Visit Finance Watch website section on Long Term Financing: http://www.finance-watch.org/topics?topic_id=126

Big banks are still gaming the state, but who's got the courage to say it? Inte...

May 22, 2013 1:56 PM

Big banks are still gaming the state, but who's got the courage to say it? Interesting article in The Guardian!


Big banks are still gaming the state, but who's got the courage to say it?
www.guardian.co.uk
Richard Paton: Let's hope the parliamentary commission on banking standards takes them on in its June report – it's got the evidence to do so

Want to know how lobbying in Brussels exactly works? Register now (31/5): http:/...

May 21, 2013 4:35 PM

Want to know how lobbying in Brussels exactly works? Register now (31/5): http://bit.ly/17KbUn1 . In Finance Watch next free webinar, Joost Mulder, Head of Public Affairs, who was a lobbyist for the financial industry in his former life, invites you to have a look inside the Brussels business. He will explain what – in his eyes – makes a good lobbyist, and how Finance Watch carries out its public interest lobbying.

Save the date: 31 May 2013, 12pm-1pm // English // Free // Online // register: http://bit.ly/17KbUn1

Vote to break up big banks The Economist is hosting an online debate on whether...

May 20, 2013 3:52 PM

Vote to break up big banks

The Economist is hosting an online debate on whether big banks should be broken up. As the Economist says: whether to break up big banks or not is probably the biggest open question remaining since the financial crisis.

You know our view already - separating commercial and investment banking is critical to get Europe’s banks back to health, protect taxpayers and remove undeserved funding subsidies.

Don't miss the excellent commentary from featured guest Anat Admati - and cast your vote!

http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/982


Economist Debates: Big banks
economist.com
Should big banks be broken up?

You also think that people have lost confidence in banking and finance? Read a s...

May 15, 2013 12:02 PM

You also think that people have lost confidence in banking and finance? Read a short Finance Watch article in the OECD yearbook 2013 on "fixing finance"


OECD Forum - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
www.oecd.org
There are good reasons why the public has lost confidence in banking and finance. Two issues in particular must be addressed before it can be restored– moral hazard and conflict of interest. Reforms should ensure that banks and bankers–not taxpayers–pay the price of failure and are held fully accoun...

For those who missed the Transforming Finance conference in London, here is an a...

May 12, 2013 3:44 PM

For those who missed the Transforming Finance conference in London, here is an article on "How can we create a more diverse banking industry?" (focus on the UK case) by Tony Greenham (NEF).


Transforming finance: a ‘how to’ guide forged in the public interest
www.neweconomics.org
The new economics foundation is an independent think-and-do tank that inspires and demonstrates real economic well-being.

If you missed it, here is Finance Watch and Réseau Financement Alternatif positi...

May 8, 2013 2:46 PM

If you missed it, here is Finance Watch and Réseau Financement Alternatif positions about banks.


Finance Watch and Réseau Financement Alternatif @ European Parliament
On April 25th, Harald Schumann came to the European Parliament to present his movie "The Secret Bank Bailout". Anouchka Nicolet presented Finance Watch's pos...

Prof. Anat Admati (Stanford) will be at the Université Libre de Bruxelles on the...

May 7, 2013 5:52 PM

Prof. Anat Admati (Stanford) will be at the Université Libre de Bruxelles on the 15th of May! She is the author of the book "The Bankers' New Clothes" . Here is the event page. https://www.facebook.com/events/648111981872827/


Anat Admati: The Bankers' New Clothes
Anat Admati exposes the flaws in the banking system that could trigger another financial collapse, and lays out a plan to fix it in her new book "The Bankers...

The Secret Bank Bailout? Watch Harald Schumann ( Tagesspiegel.de) at the Europea...

May 1, 2013 12:07 PM

The Secret Bank Bailout? Watch Harald Schumann ( Tagesspiegel.de) at the European Parliament and hear Finance Watch position. Have a good day! http://youtu.be/V0Lfab527AQ

We'll broadcast very soon what Harald Schumann said at the European Parliament a...

April 30, 2013 10:56 AM

We'll broadcast very soon what Harald Schumann said at the European Parliament about banks. For now, here is a picture of the day. Stay tuned!

New Finance Watch interactive video - All what you need to know about Long Term...

April 28, 2013 10:26 AM

New Finance Watch interactive video - All what you need to know about Long Term Financing (series of short 1 minute interviews with the speakers who attended our conference last week: Philippe Maystadt - European Investment Bank, Olivier Guersent - Head of Commissioner Barnier's cabinet, Jean-Louis Bancel - Crédit Coopératif Group, Gérard Rameix - Autorité des Marchés Financiers, among many others)


Long Term Financing (interactive video) - Finance Watch