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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:15:19 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:01:40 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/companies/john-plender http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/companies/john-plender http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb95b4fe-3863-11e1-9d07-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product The enrichment of bankers, corporate chiefs, flash traders and their cronies is testing tolerance of inequality, argues John Plender Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:15:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb95b4fe-3863-11e1-9d07-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product fb95b4fe-3863-11e1-9d07-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f05edd3e-27ee-11e1-a4c4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product Germany rules and southern Europe should prepare for austerity, followed by deflation, unemployment and, eventually, civil strife, writes John Plender Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:31:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f05edd3e-27ee-11e1-a4c4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product f05edd3e-27ee-11e1-a4c4-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6328a8f0-2276-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product A usury law could drive the vulnerable into the arms of loan sharks. Regulation makes more sense, writes John Plender Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:50:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6328a8f0-2276-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 6328a8f0-2276-11e1-923d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/794770d6-202c-11e1-9878-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product With bankers’ pay related to returns equity, lenders are being incentivised to take on excessive risk – just as they were before the crisis Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:04:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/794770d6-202c-11e1-9878-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 794770d6-202c-11e1-9878-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01a1b1b4-ff10-11e0-9b2f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product Until reforms are made, bankers will continue to make big risky bets as volatility increases upside return without affecting downside risk Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:43:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/01a1b1b4-ff10-11e0-9b2f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 01a1b1b4-ff10-11e0-9b2f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb867896-f423-11e0-bdea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product Widening CDS spreads for Germany and France are symptomatic of their contingent liabilities in banks and weaker sovereign debtors Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:04:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb867896-f423-11e0-bdea-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product bb867896-f423-11e0-bdea-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5acbc18-da33-11e0-90b2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product ‘To tax and to please, no more than to love and be wise, is not given to men’: calls from the rich give Edmund Burke’s dictum new meaning Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:07:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5acbc18-da33-11e0-90b2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product c5acbc18-da33-11e0-90b2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84e71cda-c833-11e0-9852-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product A move of proprietary traders to the hedge fund arena is an outbreak of common sense in a still troubled financial world, writes John Plender Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:17:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84e71cda-c833-11e0-9852-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 84e71cda-c833-11e0-9852-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe04b354-c80e-11e0-9501-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product The markets are convinced that unless France and Germany are prepared to stump up a great deal more for Italy and Spain default is likely Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:07:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe04b354-c80e-11e0-9501-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product fe04b354-c80e-11e0-9501-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b80216d6-c2b8-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product The industry grasps that policymakers’ approach to these huge challenges amounts to no more than muddling through, writes John Plender Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:25:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b80216d6-c2b8-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product b80216d6-c2b8-11e0-8cc7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d9fbc9a-b128-11e0-a43e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product Investment was more of a joy in a world without quantative easing, indices and three-monthly performance figures Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:46:53 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4d9fbc9a-b128-11e0-a43e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 4d9fbc9a-b128-11e0-a43e-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/207fb2a4-ac9d-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product There is no way round the fact that the markets believe there is a solvency gap in southern Europe that can only be met by debt relief Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:02:06 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/207fb2a4-ac9d-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 207fb2a4-ac9d-11e0-a2f3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f21d6af6-96a7-11e0-baca-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product European Banking Authority has made a promising start by incurring the wrath of BaFin, but tougher stress tests look like good news for financial stability in Europe Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:33:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f21d6af6-96a7-11e0-baca-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product f21d6af6-96a7-11e0-baca-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/758a7b8c-7f1e-11e0-b239-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product LinkedIn’s weaknesses pale into insignificance when compared with Renren, China’s largest social networking site, which floated on the New York Stock Exchange , writes John Plender Sun, 15 May 2011 19:12:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/758a7b8c-7f1e-11e0-b239-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 758a7b8c-7f1e-11e0-b239-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70eb70fc-647c-11e0-a69a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product The Vickers commission has made a reasonable stab at what, in reality, is an almost impossible task, writes John Plender Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:53:34 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70eb70fc-647c-11e0-a69a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product 70eb70fc-647c-11e0-a69a-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc328b34-588b-11e0-9b8a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product Britain’s new Stewardship Code is up and running, yet it is too early to tell how far it has actually changed institutional investors’ behaviour, writes John Plender Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:32:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc328b34-588b-11e0-9b8a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/companies_john-plender/feed//product fc328b34-588b-11e0-9b8a-00144feab49a