The Institutional Risk Analyst

The Bank Dead Pool; Goldman Sachs: Negative Assessment

New York | Last week we pondered the fate of Citigroup (C) and several other global banks that have lost their raison d'être with a group...

Nov 6, 20194 min read

New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we talk to our friend Hans-Joachim (Achim) Dübel of FINPOLCONSULT in Berlin...

May 6, 20195 min read

New York | First a safe and happy holiday to all. In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we ponder past prognostications and...

Dec 18, 20186 min read

New York | When we first heard news reports about a new investor in Deutsche Bank (DB), we of course assumed that this meant the purchase...

Nov 4, 20185 min read

New York – Ever heard of the European Monetary Authority? Hold that thought. For more than a decade now, banks in Europe have been...

Jun 4, 20187 min read

New York | Sometimes simple images are the most powerful. The chart below from FRED shows US real GDP change vs. the effective rate for...

Apr 30, 20185 min read

New York | Watching the related financial dramas of China’s HNA Group and Germany’s Deutsche Bank AG (DB), we are reminded of Timothy...

Apr 25, 20186 min read

“While the US and the UK have been mired in political chaos this year, the EU has enjoyed improved economic conditions and some political...

Jul 31, 20176 min read