10 years on from Lehman’s collapse: seven charts to consider September 14, 2018 | City Talk Ten years ago, US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, marking the most symbolic moment of the global financial crisis. It remains the largest bankruptcy filing in US history. The demise of Lehman on 15 September 2008 was just the tip of the iceberg. Little did we know but at the time the whole [...]
What might trigger the next global financial crisis? September 14, 2018 | City Talk Ten years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the deepening of the global financial crisis, the world seems to be a safer place. Over the past decade there have been significant shifts in the world economy such that the imbalances that could lead to a crisis are less. The risks haven’t entirely gone [...]