Peter Thal Larsen
Peter is Assistant Editor of Reuters Breakingviews, based in London. He oversees coverage of financial services and regulation. Prior to joining Reuters, Peter spent 10 years at the Financial Times. From 2004 to 2009 he was the FT’s banking editor, leading the paper’s award-winning coverage of global banking during the credit crunch. Between 2000 and 2004 Peter reported for the FT from New York. He played a leading role in the paper’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. A Dutch national, Peter has degrees from Bristol University and the London School of Economics.
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- E-mail: peter.thal.larsen@thomsonreuters.com
Recent stories
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JPMorgan hammers another nail in VaR coffin
The U.S. bank’s $2 bln loss has again highlighted the flaws of using Value-at-Risk to gauge trading exposures. That will help regulators ditch the measure. The bigger challenge, however, will be making capital rules less dependent on figures produced by banks’ computer models.
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Shareholder spring claims first scalp at Aviva
The UK insurer’s CEO is stepping down following a big protest vote over pay. Strategic doubts and underperforming shares had already put Andrew Moss’s future in doubt. But his departure raises the stakes for future shareholder uprisings - for both bosses and investors.
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Mervyn King's mini mea culpa is missed opportunity
The Bank of England governor did admit to not shouting loudly enough about financial risks. Yet his retrospective largely ignored the many critics of central bank policy, after as well as before the crisis. Demands to make King’s successor more accountable are bound to increase.
- UBS offers glance at stabler, less exciting future
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Nomura stabilises, but at a low base
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Deutsche and Barclays' fortunes could yet converge
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BofA-UBS job swap offers symbolic snapshot
- Credit Suisse still shrinking its way to stability
- Dutch government felled by austerity boomerang
- Spain's banks could use some disaster insurance
