We meet one of the most recognized names in swiss banking. We speak with the vicechairman of blackrock, the worlds biggest money manager. It handles more than 5 trillion in assets. After the financial crisis, what have we learned . Philipp we have too much leverage in the system without any doubt. When you have too much leverage, bad things happen. Not only do they happen, but when they happen, the effects tend to be amplified. Thats the key thing. We have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments should get out of their way that , wasnt a good idea. What stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. We had capital levels that were excessively low. In some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. That, to me, has always been the key takeaway. In some ways, i wish we had focused more on the capital issue, and less on all of the other things that have made it into the regulatory reform. Francine is there a c
, we speak with the vicechairman of blackrock, the worlds biggest money manager, which handles more than 5 trillion in assets. After the financial crisis, what have we learned . Philipp we have too much had too much leverage in the system without any doubt. When you have too much leverage, bad things happen. Not only do they happen, but when they happen, things tend to be amplified. Thats the key thing. We have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments should get out of the way, that wasnt a good idea. What stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. We had capital levels that were excessively low. In some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. That, to me, has always been the key takeaway. In some ways, i wish we had focused more on the capital issue, and less on all of the other things that have made it into the Regulatory Reform realm. Francine is there a concern now of regulating the financial cris
Today on leaders with lacqua, we meet one of the most recognized names in swiss banking, the vicechairman of blackrock, the worlds biggest money manager, which handles more than 5 trillion in assets. After the financial crisis, what have we learned . Philipp we learned that we had too much leverage in the system without any doubt. When you have too much leverage, bad things happen. Not only do they happen, but when they happen, things tend to be amplified. So that is the key take away from it all. We have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments really should get out of the way, that wasnt a good idea. I think what stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. We had capital levels that were excessively low. I mean in some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. And that, to me, has always been the key takeaway. In some ways, i wish we had focused more on the capital issue, and less on all of the other t
Recognized names in swiss banking, the vicechairman of blackrock, the worlds biggest money manager, which handles more than 5 trillion in assets. After the financial crisis, what have we learned . Philipp we learned that we had too much leverage in the system without any doubt. When you have too much leverage, bad things happen. Not only do they happen, but when they happen, things tend to be amplified. So that is the key take away from it all. We have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments really should get out of the way, that wasnt a good idea. I think what stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. We had capital levels that were excessively low. I mean in some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. And that, to me, has always been the key takeaway. In some ways, i wish we had focused more on the capital issue, and less on all of the other things that have made it into the Regulatory Reform rea
Blackrock, the worlds biggest money manager, which handles more than 5 trillion in assets. After the financial crisis, what have we learned . Philipp we learned that we had too much leverage in the system without any doubt. When you have leverage, bad things happen. Not only do they happen, but when they happen, things tend to be amplified. I think that is the key take away from it all. We have also learned that this notion of letting the market be totally free, that governments really should get out of the way, that wasnt a good idea. I think what stands out is banks needed much more capital than they had at the time. We had capital levels that were excessively low. I mean in some cases, these banks were leveraged nearly 100 times. And that, to me, has always been the key takeaway. In fact, in some case, in some ways, i wish we have focused more on the capital issue and less on all of the other things that have made it into the Regulatory Reform realm. Francine but is there concern no