- 22 dicembre 2020
K.Braden (Citigroup): «Brexit, digital and ESG post-Covid will open new venues of opportunities»
Citigroup Europe Cluster Head based in Frankfurt explains how Citi prepared for hard Brexit and is ready for post-Covid EU
- 17 febbraio 2015
Things Would Be Worse Without the Troika
From the time when the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), a fan of anti-austerity, won the Greek elections, the “Greek” problem has worried policy makers and markets across Europe. Many fear an imminent default by Athens and its exit from the euro zone.
- 09 dicembre 2014
Taking Advantage of Waiting
It may not be entirely the result of Mario Draghi’s quantitative easing (QE), or the purchase of government bonds hoped for by the markets and not yet launched
- 25 novembre 2014
It Is Not Italy's Actual Country Risk
Yesterday, the two Italies (short-term Italy and long-term Italy) went in opposite directions. Expectations of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) quantitative
- 20 settembre 2013
The Undeserved Gain
THe glass raised by the BTP bond market to toast to the “no taper” decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve is a bitter chalice. The yields of the Italian
- 11 maggio 2013
The Miracles of ‘Abenomics’
Foreign investors make the Japanese stock market soar, while Japanese investors lower European bond yields. In these terms, “Abenomics”—the set of economic
- 13 marzo 2013
A Fragile World, but Strong Signals
“What a wonderful world,” one might be inclined to hum after yesterday’s auction. The downgrade by DBRS (from A to A–) and by Fitch (from A– to BBB+), the
- 18 dicembre 2012
Gli investitori e il rischio Paese: bene le elezioni anticipate, ma si ritagli un ruolo per Monti
Meglio elezioni anticipate che un allungamento della campagna elettorale che potrebbe aumentare il rischio di volatilità per i mercati finanziari italiani.
- 26 giugno 2012
A Union Bond to Drive Down Rates
This week the Italian treasury will ask the markets to buy up to 18.5 billion euro’s worth of treasury bonds and certificates, and by the end of the month it
- 07 giugno 2012
Like Acrobats on a High Wire
The European Central Bank can intervene to limit the damages of the region’s crisis, but as the bank’s president, Mario Draghi, explained yesterday, he doesn’t
- 21 aprile 2012
The Great Hoax of Rules
In financial markets, the difference between good and bad traders is measured first of all by their reaction time—their timing. In other words, the success of
- 30 luglio 2010
Europe’s Federalism Debate Revived
BRUSSELS – It is an old debate, but tensions within the euro area have revived it: can a monetary union survive without some form of fiscal federalism?This
- 01 gennaio 1900
Europe Needs a Plan B
NEW YORK – The European Union was brought into existence by what Karl Popper called piecemeal social engineering. A group of farsighted statesmen, inspired by