Anyone monitoring the risks in the global financial system knows that those of us who lend to banks are increasingly asking for some kind of security in order to do so. Issuance volumes for covered bonds have increased and more…
Tag Archives: regulatory reform
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The “safety race”: the systemic implications of the bank asset grab
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- Bank of England, banking, credit risk, default, Uncategorized
Posted April 26th, 2012
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Guest contributor – Tamara Burnell (Head of Financial Institutions, M&G Credit Analysis team) The publication of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) stress tests proved exactly the damp squib that most had been expecting. There was some additional useful…
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Guest contributor – Tamara Burnell (Head of Financial Institutions, M&G Credit Analysis team) Press reports following the meeting of EU finance ministers yesterday suggest that the eagerly anticipated Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) bank stress tests will be extremely…
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A Bond Vigilante visits the Bank of International Settlements – Video update
- Topics
- banking, global economy
Posted June 2nd, 2010
Anyone who has had a flight delayed or cancelled as a result of the volcano in Iceland will know how frustrating it can be. For someone in that position, there isn’t much that can be done about it. Ben Lord,…
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Democratic governments are designed and exist to promote and protect the interests of their population. Thus they tend to be described as “good”. Capitalists are seen to be out for themselves and therefore acting in their own selfish interests. They…
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Guest contributor – Jeff Spencer (Financial Institutions Credit Analyst, M&G Credit Analysis team) In an attempt to reduce risk-taking at financial institutions, yesterday President Obama announced a proposal to bar banks from engaging in proprietary trading activity that was unrelated…
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There has been a lot of anguish and complaints from bankers about Obama’s tax on banks, and complaining why they have been singled out. Some of this is the usual self interested financial posturing (they are bankers!), some of it…
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