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What is the value of unique? 27 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
In Star Trek: the Next Generation there is an episode in which Fajo, a member of the Stasius Trade Guild, kidnaps and imprisons the Enterprise’s Lieutenant Commander Data, a sentient android, due to h...
The (early) Lunch Wrap 27 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
MPs step up campaign for break-up of RBS || India’s reserves squeezed as investors shun rupee assets || Blavatnik wins $50m in JPMorgan lawsuit || US Treasury to hit debt limit in mid-October || Natio...
Will this be the ZLB/repo/collateral-scarcity solution we’ve been waiting for? 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
If implemented, it has the potential to alter the way future monetary policy is conducted; change the fundamental structure of short-term lending markets; alleviate the collateral scarcity in these ma...
Nothing screams shadow banking quite like a leveraged loan ETF 27 Aug 2013 | 01:15 pm
They are billed as a quick and easy way for investors to gain access to higher-yielding assets while still providing some protection if interest rates start to rise. They are ETFs which track portfoli...
Further reading 27 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
Elsewhere on Tuesday, - Argentina tries to make a pari passu runaround. - The truth about Marissa Mayer: don’t be a loyal Yahoo shareholder? - What kind of title is Stress Test, seriously. - Can T...
The 6am London Cut 27 Aug 2013 | 09:48 am
MPs step up campaign for break-up of RBS: “MPs are stepping up their campaign for a break-up of Royal Bank of Scotland amid suspicions in Westminster that RBS and Treasury officials will try to scuppe...
El-Erian guest post: Watch US real rates 26 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive and co-chief investment officer at PIMCO, submits this guest post to FT Alphaville. Last week’s intra-day moves of some 10 basis points in US real rates are notewort...
Further reading (and a Bank Holiday PSA) 26 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
FT Alphaville is taking the UK August Bank Holiday off — posting will be light to non-existent on Monday 26 August. See you on Tuesday! Elsewhere on Monday, - Kevin, meet Keynes. - Why banks do mat...
The 6am Cut London 26 Aug 2013 | 09:43 am
Asian markets slightly higher after US housing slump || Fears over EMs take centre stage at Jackson Hole || German and Greek officials dampen debt write-down fears, new bailout signalled || Anadarko s...
Krishnamurthy & Vissing-Jorgensen: keep buying MBS, enough with the Treasuries 23 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
Click here to read the enthusiastically anticipated new paper by Arvind Krishnamurthy and Annette Vissing-Jorgen, and which Krishnamurthy presented at Jackson Hole on Friday morning. The paper mainly...
