[Blog] MünchenerHyp cracks first thematic covered bond! EUR300m ($389m) Aaa 5yr, for coop housing. 1.6x oversubscribed. It’s the prototype for a Green Pfandbrief – at last!

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Reforming Global Finance

  MünchenerHyp cracks first thematic covered bond! EUR300m ($389m) Aaa 5yr, for coop housing. 1.6x oversubscribed. It’s the prototype for a Green Pfandbrief – at last! Münchener Hypothekenbank eG has just issued an “ESG-labelled” covered bond (or Pfandbriefe, as covered bonds are called in Germany) for refinancing of housing cooperatives. Oekom …

The Armageddon Looting Machine: The Looming Mass Destruction from Derivatives

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

The Armageddon Looting Machine: The Looming Mass Destruction from Derivatives Posted on September 17, 2013 by Ellen Brown Increased regulation and low interest rates are driving lending from the regulated commercial banking system into the unregulated shadow banking system. The shadow banks, although free of government regulation, are propped up by a hidden …

AMI Director Zarlenga Speaks in Kinderhook, NY, April 30th

kristyReforming Global Finance

Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, AMI Director, Stephen Zarlenga will give a talk at Lindenwald, President Martin Van Buren’s home in Kinderhook, NY, about 20 miles south of Albany, Now a U.S. National Park. The presentation will take place at Lindenwald, Kinderhook, NY on Monday, April 30, 2012 …