#European Banking Union

We warned on Friday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a 'night of the long knives' in her efforts to bring together the co-called 'Jamaica' coalition of four parties and after a desperate weekend of talks, Bloomberg reports Merkel's efforts at forming a coalition have failed meaning a

Submitted by Bill Blain of Mint Partners Blain’s Morning Porridge EXTRA: “WHAT ABOUT THE GERMANS” It’s unusual for me to write a follow up to the Morning Porridge – but following some conversations and reading about the end of “Peak Merkel”, I fear I’ve considerably underestimated the risks

By Bill Blain of Mint Parnters "The Braavosi have a saying too. The Iron Bank will have its due....” One of the things that’s been niggling me for years has been the question of just how unfixed the European banking sector is. This morning I’ve attached a note my associate Ben Stheeman