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Monthly Policy Briefer

Issue 42, January 2010

The co-operative banking model: Robust in the crisis and an asset for diversity

Piet MoerlandBy Piet Moerland
Chairman, European Association of Co-operative Banks

Co-operative bank business models are very different to the mainstream banking models - and can serve as an example to the financial sector...

 

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Analysing the Bankers’ Payroll Tax

Jacob RiggBy Jake Rigg
Director, Panopticon Policy

The decision to levy a new bankers' tax has caused a furore - with many suggesting that it could lead to an exodus away from London. What is the truth of the matter?...

Is Britain still in recession?

Mark TwiggBy Mark Twigg
Director, Cicero Consulting

The ONS has revealed that the economy might not be shrinking as fast as initially thought - but does it matter?...

What does the 2009 pre-Budget report foreshadow?

Downing StreetAlistair Darling used the PBR to create a clear political narrative and dividing line between the parties...

Analysing the Walker Review of Corporate Governance

FilesSir David Walker has quietly undertaken what may come to be regarded as one of the more important reviews undertaken in the aftermath of the financial crisis...

Taxes and trouble

Calculator The debate around tax competition has been given fresh impetus following the financial crisis...

RDR: You win some, you lose some

Money The latest development in the RDR saga has been the FSA's conveniently timed release of its consultation paper just before Christmas...

Treasury Ministerial Question Time

Dr Vincent Cable MPMark Hoban MPLord Myners

Tuesday February 23rd 2010
Cicero Forum’s Ministerial Question Time Panel
With Dr Vincent Cable MP, Mark Hoban MP and Lord Myners

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Has Dubai taught us how capitalism works?

Dubai When Dubai World asked for a moratorium on its debt, the financial world was rocked...

Don’t bank on the Post Office to fix the lending shortfall

PostboxThe government's plans to develop a national Post Office Bank may be a step in the wrong direction...

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