This week on FT Alphaville,
- The Sarko trade was launched. And quickly grew.
- Gold collateral becomes the new standard.
- Financial repression was analysed and criticised.
- The IMF became the ECB’s potential borrower of last resort.
- Sino-Forest warned of default.
- The FSA report into RBS finally hit the shelves.
- We looked at whether the US was ready for another crisis.
- Corzine was thrown under a CME bus.
- Isda was conflicted.
- More collateral ended up at the ECB.
- PSI negotiations over Greece plodded on.
- Regulatory arbitrage was watched.
- And we got to know the real Ben Bernanke.