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That big Chinese bailout loan paper in full

Sovereign debt restructuring nerds rejoice

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FTAV’s further reading

Corporate “purpose”; melting ice caps; Charles Schwab; the FDIC’s record

3 hours ago

Digital currencies

Read the CFTC’s lawsuit against Binance

Key words include: injunction

Bank deposits great and small

An update from TS Lombard

Artificial intelligence

Surrender your desk job to the AI productivity miracle, says Goldman Sachs

Legal assistants and office administrators, prepare for displacement

Capital markets

Beware of Greek lessons for AT1 bondholders

All creditors are always and everywhere junior to political expediency

So long Alkhudairy and thanks for all the quotes

“Just another cheque”

Zero francs given

Hail to the CHF

Silicon Valley Bank getting ratioed

SVB sowing :-) SVB reaping :-(

Crypto shilling has a gender equality problem

Lindsay Lowballed

“USDC has not missed a beat”

Deutsche Bank AG

What’s eating Deutsche Bank?

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Monday, 27 March, 2023

Social Media
FTAV’s further reading
Rodge Cohen; Matt Levine; British imperial loot; and the shame of Twitter blue ticks
Friday, 24 March, 2023

Capital markets
The Great T2 Escape
Some CS junior bondholders were touched by Tyche
Friday, 24 March, 2023

Banks
US banking stresses seem to be . . . easing?
Whisper it quietly though
Friday, 24 March, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Inside TSMC; banking law karma; Diablo IV; Bard and examining Jack Bogle’s ETF hatred
Friday, 24 March, 2023

Workplace pensions
Stop blaming everything on pension funds!
Oh and give up on DB plans doing much but buying bonds
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

Artificial intelligence
Shutterstock has found an unlikely ally in AI
Distracted company meme
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

Global inflation
Greed: bad, actually
Price-hikers hunt in packs
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

Banks in turmoil
Europe is having a better banking crisis than the US
(so far)
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

European banks
AT1pocalypse averted
Moving along
Thursday, 23 March, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Coinbase’s Wells notice; RIP to the dollar slice; Julian Assange; the Nile; tfw no gf to help with taxes
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

SEC goes after Justin Sun, Lindsay Lohan and Soulja Boy
From CS bidder to SEC target
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Federal Reserve
Don’t trade the immediate Fed trend
Another FTAV Fed Day rule
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Domino's Pizza Inc
Is this the world’s most pizza-addicted man?
Domino’s Pizzanomics 2: Reheated
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Coronavirus pandemic
Partygate: ‘Just be robust and they’ll get bored’
Secrets of the City spinners
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Vice; Adrian Chiles; BoJo; Tinder; spies; Milton Glaser; dogs; and typos
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Phantom job listings; dancing TikTok monks; the VC’s dilemma; the Jones Act; Zoltan’s wish
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Style
Wear Credit Suisse’s bondholder wipeout with pride
Grab your t-shirt before we get cease-and-desisted
Wednesday, 22 March, 2023

Banks
Deposit demolition derby
The Federal Reserve is bashing up bank balance sheets
Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

European banks
Who killed Credit Suisse?
The legality of liquidity versus solvency
Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Fintech
Fink’s on the prowl again
And he’s got a 12-bore shotgun
Tuesday, 21 March, 2023

Investment research
Why your financial conditions index sucks
Bye-bye, misleading FCI
Monday, 20 March, 2023

Checking in on SoftBank
Shall the sins of Credit Suisse be visited upon the Son?
Monday, 20 March, 2023

US banks
Small banks, big reach
Everything you wanted to know about US regional banks but were too afraid (bored) to ask
Monday, 20 March, 2023

European banks
We didn’t expect the leopards to eat OUR faces, say AT1 bondholders
CoCo pops
Monday, 20 March, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
The liquidity vacuum; the Peston effect; Elon Musk’s wonky autopilot; GPT, jobs and censorship; Paulo Freire; and trolling