Posted on 08 August 2009. Tags: banking, crime, Denmark, financial crisis, Iceland, Roskilde Bank
A report by Danish lawyers on the fall of Denmark’s Roskilde Bank points to the likelihood of the bank’s previous management breaking the law on many occasions. The report could be very useful in Iceland as well, according to the country’s special bank collapse investigator and the head of the FME, the Icelandic financial supervisory [...]
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Posted in Business, Denmark, Iceland, MBL, Politics
Posted on 06 August 2008. Tags: banking, Denmark, EU, Roskilde Bank
In the latest global banking bailout, the European Union gave Denmark permission to rescue Roskilde Bank, which has been weakened by the subprime housing crisis. This is the first time Denmark’s government has intervened to save a bank. Roskilde Bank, one of the largest in Denmark, will receive liquidity assistance from the Danish central bank [...]
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Posted in Business, Denmark