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2008 Financial Crisis – Causes and historical context

Tom Spencer

My friends and I walked out of the Big Short several years ago feeling like a group of global financial crisis experts. Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. MBS are financial assets with a claim on a pool of mortgages.

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How the Financial World Adapts to Climate Change

Tom Spencer

Green finance is any structured financial activity that funds the development of green projects, minimises the environmental impact of ongoing ones, or both. As things currently stand, global finance has not really embraced sustainability-focused financial instruments, but there are a few promising developments worth having a look at.

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New Zealand’s Financial Crises Resilience

Tom Spencer

I have written multiple financial crises articles in the past but have yet to touch on my home turf, New Zealand. On the second point, the stability of house prices in New Zealand prevented panic selling of assets that could have led the financial system into turmoil. Reading Time: 5 minutes. The HPI (Housing Price Index) is already 2.4%

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The age old tale of financial crises

Tom Spencer

The story of the 2008 financial crisis begins somewhere shortly after the death of Jesus Christ himself. Not 33 years after Christ’s passing did Emperor Tiberius of the Roman Empire have to rescue his constituents’ financial sanctity through the age-old process of quantitative easing. Will humanity ever learn its lesson?

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William Black on Global Financial Stability

Tom Spencer

In his TED Talk from last year (watch it below) Black talks about “liar’s loans” and other tactics that the banks used to bring the global economy to its knees during the 2008 financial crisis. Economics banking crisis consulting financial fragility financial regulation financial stability Management Consulting'

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M&A Deals Fail At Highest Rate Since 2008

MishTalk

In yet another potential market topping sign, M&A Deals Fail At Highest Rate Since 2008 The value of deals that fail to complete has reached its highest level since 2008, in the latest sign that the best year for mergers and acquisitions since the financial crisis will also feature a number of high-profile failures.

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Are We On the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business

How climate change could spark a collapse in housing prices much like the one that brought down the financial system in 2008.