Lehman Brothers

From the Medici Bank in the 1400s to BCCI (1991), Barings Bank (1992), and Lehman Brothers (2008), these shocking failures have had profound impacts on economies, societies, and the global financial system.

The ghost of Lehman brothers’ legacy revisits markets

Fragile markets lead to exaggerated reactions to events such as the new UK government shooting itself in the fiscal foot and Credit Suisse’s financial vulnerability

Fourteen Years Later: Forgotten lessons from Lehman Brothers and the GFC 

Policy makers must heed the lessons from their failure to bail out Lehman Brothers in 2008 and be mindful of the risks of too much monetary tightening

Germany Warns of Lehman-Like Contagion From Russian Gas Squeeze

With energy suppliers piling up losses by being forced to cover volumes at high prices, there risks a spillover effect for local utilities and their customers, including consumers and businesses, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Thursday after raising the country’s gas risk level to the second-highest “alarm” phase.

CEOs love to hear ‘Yes’, but need ‘No, No, No’

WeWork, Lehman Brothers and EY’s planned split all show how we undervalue naysayers to our peril.

Archegos Capital: Will Indian market see another Lehman moment?

Unlikely, say experts. For one, India is very conservative on the total margin exposure. Also, the world has learnt a lot from the Lehman Brothers crisis, and it is unlikely to happen all over again.

Bear market at play: Is coronavirus sell-off similar to 2008 meltdown?

If you think that the present global selloff, which has put the Indian market in a bearish phase, is the worst, don’t forget the 2008 financial meltdown.

11 years after Lehman Brothers collapse, is India prepared for similar shock?

Eleven years after the Lehman collapse, India has less ammunition to stimulate its economy but India’s balance-sheet still appears better than it was during the 2013 mini-crisis.

This was Warren Buffett's 'simple rule' for investing during the financial crisis — and you can still use it today

On September 29, 2008, the US stock market lost $1.2 trillion in value as the Dow dropped 778 points, nearly 7 percent in one single day.

10 years of the 2008 financial crisis: A timeline of events

There were warning signs as early as 2004, but financial regulators were found wanting when Lehman Brothers suddenly went bust.

Podcast | Digging Deeper - 10 years After: The demise of Lehman Brothers, and the lessons we need to learn

What lessons have we learnt from that crisis which finished off a prominent financial organisation and wiped off $10 trillion from the markets in a matter of months?

Opinion | Global financial crisis imparted lessons that no textbook could ever offer

Crises are cathartic events that release built-up pressure and  provide policymakers an opportunity to drive radical reform. It may still be too early to assess if the opportunities were adequately availed.

Nine years on, another Lehman Brothers bankruptcy

The two affiliates, Lehman Brothers UK Holdings (Delaware) Inc and Lehman Pass-Through Securities Inc, were put into bankruptcy as part of a deal that will generate $485 million cash for the Lehman estate.

Despite macro concerns, IT still poised for 8-10% growth: JPM

JP Morgan IT analyst Viju George told CNBC-TV18 that the there is some value in select IT stocks and sees huge value in company's like Infosys and Tech Mahindra.

No clean bill of health for EU banks in stress test

"While a number of individual banks have clearly fared badly, the overall finding of the European Banking Authority - that Europe's banks are resilient to another crisis - is heartening," Anthony Kruizinga at PwC said.

It was baptism by fire: D Subbarao on early days as RBI governor

The 66-year-old former governor admits to being a "greenhorn" as he started his five years stint at RBI during what were turbulent times both in India and around the world.

World stocks, sterling fight back after Brexit beating

Bargain hunting trumped still widespread uncertainty over Britain's vote to leave the European Union, as the bloc's leaders, including soon-to-be-ex UK Prime Minister David Cameron, held their first post-vote meeting in Brussels.

Japan PM Shinzo Abe warns of Lehman-magnitude crisis

Abe presented data at a Thursday session of the G7 summit he is hosting, showing that commodities prices have fallen 55 percent suince 2014, the same margin they fell during the global financial crisis, the newspaper said, interpreting this as "warning of the re-emergence of a Lehman-scale crisis".

Finance Ministry to soon set up panel on bad loans

In pursuance to the directions of the Supreme Court, the Finance Ministry will soon set up a panel to look into the issue of mounting bad loans and come out with the steps to deal with the problem.

New Fed rule limits its crisis bailout powers

The Fed adopted the rules after the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law required the central bank to curtail emergency loans to individual companies and to insolvent companies. The final regulations define insolvent companies as those that had failed to pay "undisputed debts" in the previous 90 days

No hurry to hike, says former Fed chief Ben Bernanke

With the Fed considering a rate hike that would be the first in nine years, he said it's not evident that monetary policy is too easy because inflation is so low and full employment is only starting to emerge.

Fed may hold fire on rates in very close call: Reuters poll

The survey of 80 economists based in North America and Europe was taken over the last 24 hours as each panelist was asked to reconfirm if they still held the same position, while a few who couldn't be reached last week were also polled.

Fears growing over US stock market bubble: Robert Shiller

The Nobel economics laureate told the Financial Times that his valuation confidence indices, based on investor surveys, showed greater fear that the market was overvalued than at any time since the peak of the dotcom bubble in 2000.

Why are global markets crashing & how can it benefit India

Once the bottom is reached, the Sensex will start its upward momentum soon enough. Investors should sit tight, and start investing through systematic investment plans.

ICICI Bank unveils first guarantee-backed home loan product

It will help customers raise the eligible amount by up to 20 percent and increase the tenure by up to seven years, MD and CEO Chanda Kochhar told reporters here. ICICI Bank Extraa Home Loans can be availed only after paying a one-time mortgage guarantee fee to be paid at the start.