The opaque dynamics of plunder, Exploitation, Corruption, and Money Laundering
Globalization, driven by opaque unregulated illegal capitalist imperatives, has transformed the global economy into a complex network of financial flows, international trade, and investment. However, this economic integration has also facilitated a range of unethical practices, including systemic corruption, money…
The Ideological Propaganda of Brexit: Spreading Racism, Xenophobia, and Populism in Europe and Its Unintended Consequences for Ukraine
Brexit, the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, has been often viewed through the lens of national sovereignty and economic autonomy. However, its repercussions extend far beyond Britain’s borders, influencing European politics and international relations in unexpected ways. Among…
Bund Yield Curve Steepening: Term Premium to Rise in Longer Durations
Bund’s Yield Curve Term premium to steepen in longer duration Germany’s prevailing uncertainties and projected macroeconomic landscape will necessitate a higher term premium on long-duration Bunds. This is driven by embedded higher inflation expectations and increased ECB interest rates. The…
The Multi-Decades anti-socialism and anti-CP propaganda in Europe implemented by the United States, a peculiar interpretation of Democracy
The United States, Churchill, and the Shadow of Operation Paperclip: Controversies in 1945 In the summer of 1945, as World War II drew to a close, the world witnessed a realignment of global powers and the beginning of new tensions…
McIntyre’s Contrapposition between Aristotelian ethics and Hobbes’ individualism
During the 1980s an absolutely decisive text was published by McIntyre who rightly or wrongly is considered to be one of the main inspirers of the so-called communitarian current, in this very text titled After Virtue, the thesis exposed by…
Founded out of the Drugs and Opium Trade in Hong Kong, how HSBC operated since then, scandal after money laundering scandal
HSBC, one of the world’s largest and most influential banks, has a history shrouded in controversy. Founded in Hong Kong during the height of the opium trade in the mid-19th century, the bank has grown into a global financial giant….
Moody’s downgrades Mobico’s rating to Baa3; downgrades the company’s £1.5 billion backed senior unsecured medium term note (MTN) programme to (P)Baa3 from (P)Baa2, its £250 million backed senior unsecured medium term notes due 2028
Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) has today downgraded Mobico Group PLC’s (Mobico) long-term issuer rating to Baa3 from Baa2. At the same time, the rating agency downgraded the company’s £1.5 billion backed senior unsecured medium term note (MTN) programme to (P)Baa3 from…