Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund

Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.

Mr. Market and the Press Diss Deutsche Bank’s Turnaround Plan

A hard look at Deutsche’s restructuring plan reveals a lot not to like

Deutsche Bank Throws in the Towel, Announces Restructuring into Bad Bank/Good Bank, Firing of 18,000

The beginning of an end for Deutsche Bank.

Brexit Radicals

Looking for cheery news on Brexit? You’ll have to look awfully hard.

Plastic Watch: G20 Issues Pathetic Declaration

G20 issues Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, a voluntary plastic management plan so inadequate the plastic industry endorsed it immediately.

How a Central Asian Business Empire Dines Out on British Secrecy

Using the UK’s lax corporate transparency and accountability regime, international businesses can, in effect, mask interests and ownership at home.

Are Cryptocurrencies the First Crack in the Wall to Regulate Facebook?

Like Icarus, the social media monopoly is flying too close to the sun and generating much regulatory heat, which could eventually lead to its downfall.

Where Brexit Goes, the Law Shall Follow

Rather than a unified mass transition out of London to another singular hub, the financial industry is using Brexit as an opportunity to diversify. And lawyers are moving to Dublin.

Five Things We Found In The FDA’s Hidden Device Database

Disturbing.

Private Equity and “Institutional” Investor Owned U.K. Utility Engaged in Massive Fraud, Regulatory Evasions, Worker Coercion, Caused “Catastrophic” Environmental Damage

Abuses like raw sewage on beaches and faking regulatory filings make a U.K. water utility a new low in privatization scandals.

Robert Reich: Here’s Why We Need to Break Up Big Tech

Monopolies aren’t good for anyone except for the monopolists, especially when they can influence our elections and control how Americans receive information.

The Sham of Shareholder Capitalism

The mythology of shareholder capitalism does not stand up to scrutiny.

Facebook’s New Libra Digital Currency, Trust Issues (Many), and Sovereignty

Trust issues with Facebook’s Libra for users, regulators, and technically. And is Facebook seeking to become a sovereign?

Boeing Sells 0 Planes on First Day of Paris Air Show v. 123 for Airbus, Yet Boeing Still Pushing for More Weakening of FAA Standards Via Greater Use of Computer Testing

Boeing seems determined to make its bad situation worse.

Bad Loans Still Too High at Eurozone Banks, ECB Warns

The ECB is concerned that the latest fix for bad loans still leaves banks in a weakened state.