Re-Define's Managing Director Sony Kapoor

Note: We do not track the media on a regular basis but you will find some Op-Ed's, Interviews and Quotes below

(An open letter to President Sarkozy and Chancellor Merkel calling on them to finally implement Transaction Taxes)

• "EU Do it - The time is rife for a financial transaction tax" - Euractiv (July 12th, 2010)

(One can just put apes in front of a computer - An interview with Sony Kapoor on Banks, Bankers and High Finance)

• "Man könnte einen Affen an den Computer setzen" - Der Tagesspiegel (June 27th, 2010)

(EU leades, don't disappoint us again - an Op-Ed by Managing Director Sony Kapoor on the EU stance at the G-20)

• "EU leiders, laat ons niet weer in de steek, voer die transactiebelasting in" - De Volkskrant (June 25 2010)

(G-20, it's time to decide - an Op-Ed by Managing Director Sony Kapoor on why the G-20 should implement FTTs)

• "Le G20 à l'heure des choix", Sony Kapoor Op-Ed" - PDF of Newspaper, Le Monde (June 25th, 2010)

(Politicians compare who has the biggest - Sony Kapoor Interview with NRC Handelsblad on EU Banks and Economy)

• "Politici kijken alleen wie de grootste heeft", Sony Kapoor Interview - NRC Handelsblad (June 19th, 2010)

(A solution to three problems - an Op-Ed by Managing Director Sony Kapoor on Financial Instrument Taxes)

• "Eine Klappe für drei Fliegen", an Op-Ed by Sony Kapoor - Financial Times Deutschland (June 17th, 2010)

(An interview with Sony Kapoor on Financial Regulation in Europe and the way forward on tackling big banks)

• Ex Lehman banker says the EU should crack down on big banks - Euractiv.com (February 9th, 2010)
• Ex banker - Politicians are missing the big picture - Euractiv.com (February 9th, 2010)

• Link to Reuters Story quoting Sony Kapoor - Reuters (December 2nd, 2009)
• Press Release on Financial Transaction Tax Hearings - European Parliament (December 3rd, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Interviews on the Economy, Governance and Finance Sector - TRNN (Mid November, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Interview on Financial Transaction Taxes - Sveriges National Radio (October 2nd, 2009)
• An Interview with Sony Kapoor - Dagens Industri TV (October 1st, 2009) 
• An interview with Sony Kapoor - Sveriges National Radio (September 30th, 2009)  
• Der Verschmutzer muss zahlen - Süddeutschen Zeitung (September 23rd, 2009)

(An Op-Ed by Sony Kapoor, Managing Director Re-Define on How Financial Transaction Taxes have Finally Arrived)

• Raus aus der Krise - Wir können auch anders - An SWR and ARD Documentary (September 23rd, 2009)
• Click for a Video Clip of the Documentary which features Sony Kapoor and Re-Define fellow Deepak Tayal

(A TV documentary on the SWR and ARD channels in Germany featuring Sony Kapoor and the work of Re-Define)

• Former Banker discusses Financial Regulation - Young Turk Radio (September 23rd, 2009)

(Activist and progressive US radio station Young Turk Radio interview Sony Kapoor on Financial Regulation)

• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - the Fragility of the Recovery - Real News Network (September 22, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - the Fed and the US Dollar - Real News Network (September 21, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Financial Regulation -  Real News Network (September 20, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Derivatives & Tax Havens - Real News Network (September 19, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Volatility, Complexity & Profit - Real News Network (September 17, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - Conundrums in Finance - Real News Network (September 16, 2009)
• Sony Kapoor Video Interview - his experience in Banking - Real News Network (September 14, 2009)

(Re-Define Managing Director gives a series of seven interviews to the Real News Network in the US on Finance) 

• Die große Gier - A ZDF Documentary (June 29, 2009)

(Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor is extensively interviewed in this German National TV Documentary)

• Neue Steuern als Strafen für die Banker - Süddeutschen Zeitung (June 15, 2009)

(An Op-Ed by Sony Kapoor, Managing Director Re-Define on Principles for Financial System Reform) 

• Auf der Suche nach mehr Macht für die Gewerkschaften – Welt Online (May 15, 2009)

• Kein Gold für Schrott – Frankfurter Allgemeine (May 15, 2009)

• Wer bezahlt die Krise?– vorwärts.de (May 15, 2009)

• Alles, was schlecht ist –Süddeutschen Zeitung (May 14, 2009)

(Coverage of the Key Note Address by Sony Kapoor to the DGB Kongress on the Future of Capitalism)

• Kryss Nordsjøen igjen! – Aftenposten (March 17, 2009)

(An Op-Ed by Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor on what the G-20 must do) 

• Eksmegleren som starter tenketank – Ny Tid (January 30, 2009)

(Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor is Profiled in Ny Tid, a Norwegian Weekly News Magazine)

 

Some selective coverage from before 2009

 

• En eksmeglers bekjennelser – Ny Tid (November 7, 2008) Part I  &  Part II

(Re-Define Managing Director Sony Kapoor writing about the collapse of the Financial System in Ny Tid)

• Finansreform som trafikkstyring – Dagsavisen (October 29, 2008)

(Sony Kapoor writes in Dagsavisen using a metaphor to describe the ills of the financial system and suggest reforms)

• Think tank chief prescribes financial risk-sharing to put global financial system on ‘healthy track’ – UN Press Release (October 10, 2008) In English  &  In French

(Re-Define Managing Director addresses the UN ECOSOC in October 2008)

• No More Safe Havens – Far Eastern Economic Review (September 22, 2008)

 

• China to Keep Buying Treasuries, Top Official Says – Bloomberg (March 23, 2009)

• UN Will Recommend that the World Should Ditch the Dollar – Salem-News.com (March 22, 2009)

• Fund firms run out of ideas as crisis bites – Reuters (March 19, 2009)

• Perfide Albion, par Marc Roche – Le Monde (March 17, 2009)

• Basel Urges Boost in Bank Capital – Wall Street Journal (March 13, 2009)

• Unterdrückung der Banken – manager-magazin.de (March 9, 2009)

• Look for onshore, not offshore scapegoats – Financial Times (March 4, 2009)

• A practical approach to the regulation of risk – Financial Times (August 25, 2008)

• Fannie and Freddie, damned by a Faustian bargain – Financial Times (July 17 2008)

 

 Re-Define Adviser Sylvia Borren 

 

• Mujeres, 70% de la población pobre, exigen voz ante la crisis: ONG – Inter Press Service (March 13, 2009)

• 25ste Globaliseringslezing met Etweda Cooper – Tegenlicht (March 13, 2009)

• Q&A: "Women Need a Bigger Voice at the G20 Summit" – Inter Press Service (March 12, 2009)

• Recession hits women in developing countries – Toronto Star (March 8, 2009)

• Den Haag viert Internationale Vrouwendag groots – Nieuws Bank (March 8, 2009)

• Intelectuales de 17 países debaten cómo gobierna la izquierda ante la crisis – El Confidencial (March 23, 2009)

• Seminario “Respuesta a una crisis global: Hacia un futuro progresista” – La Segunda Online (March 23, 2009)

• Experten: G20 sind nicht zur Rettung der Welt berufen – Entwicklungspolitik Online (March 9, 2009)

• José Antonio Ocampo propone eliminar exenciones tributarias y trabajar en el diseño de un gran plan de empleo – Portafolio (March 7, 2009)

• La crisis viaja hacia el sur – El Universal (March 3, 2009)