New liquidity rules could increase the cost of cash management and dent returns on corporate deposits. As a result, companies will require more sophisticated working relationships with their core banks, says Steve Everett, Global Head of Cash Management at RBS.

The blame for Cyprus’ economic crisis lies squarely with the island’s previous administration for acting too slowly, exaggerating the problems and shifting blame to the banking sector, a former Cyprus Central Bank governor has told RBS.

The United States risks importing uncontrolled inflation through its deliberate efforts to weaken the dollar. ‘Currency wars’ expert James Rickards says such scenario ultimately threatens the global monetary system.

Policymakers around the world risk catastrophe unless they turn off the electronic printing presses and accept the pain of rebalancing their budgets, investor and author Jim Rogers has warned.

Debate rages over whether the US will implement Basel III, amid fierce domestic lobbying, while a partial implementation of the framework detracts from Basel’s original mission: to reduce regulatory arbitrage and global systemic risk. Nevertheless, the US case against Basel can’t be dismissed.

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China’s new government must push through reforms to slow the country’s economic growth within the next two to three years or its rapidly rising debt levels will get out of control, a leading financial academic has told RBS.

Regulators must speed up their efforts to rehabilitate the securitization market – one of the best routes to revive lending activity in Europe – or risk killing it. But, at best, regulators are sending mixed signals.

There has been a welcome change for currency investors since the start of the year as the correlations between emerging market (EM) currencies have dropped to levels last seen before the eruption of the financial crisis.

Europe’s leaders should be praised, not berated for their hard-nosed approach to Cyprus. The immediate outlook for the island’s economy and banking sector appears bleak but for the wider eurozone this episode will eventually be seen as an important milestone on the road to stability.