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Wall Street’s Win Streak With Trump Regulators Dangles by Thread
By Jesse Hamilton
June 24, 2020, Bloomberg
For Wall Street, this week might mark the end of the sweeping period of financial deregulation that has defined the Trump era.
Bank …
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CLOs: ground zero for the next stage of the financial crisis?
By Joe Rennison and Robert Smith
May 13, 2020, Financial Times
In the midst of a global pandemic, emergency rooms across the U.S. have fallen strangely quiet as patients with …
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Leverage ratio squeeze hits options trades
By Costas Mourselas and Samuel Wilkes
May 7, 2020, Risk
Derivatives clearing, bank leverage, and options trades make a potent concoction. Add in the volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic, …
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Banks’ Debt Burden Lightened by Rally in Leveraged Loan Market
By Ruth McGavin
May 7, 2020, Bloomberg
Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG, UBS AG and others stuck with a pile of high-risk debt they’ve been unable …
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Agencies signal support for more capital relief in midst of crisis
By Brendan Peterson
April 30, 2020, American Banker
The Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. are eyeing further changes to bank capital rules to help the industry confront …
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Large U.S. Banks Need to Be Better Prepared for a Prolonged COVID-19 Economic Crisis
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
Every single day we are seeing unemployment data, market signals, default data, and anecdotal information, that as I wrote in …
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Leaked E.U. document casts doubt on leverage ratio relief
By Philip Alexander and Samuel Wilkes
April 27, 2020, Risk
The European Commission’s draft proposal on capital relief for banks grappling with the coronavirus pandemic is expected to stop short …
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E.U. to offer banks capital relief to help coronavirus-hit firms: sources
By Huw Jones
April 27, 2020, Reuters
E.U. banks are to receive more capital relief so they can help companies struggling in the coronavirus pandemic, without having to make crippling …
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BOE and ECB weigh calls to follow U.S. lead on capital relief
By Philip Alexander
April 20, 2020, Risk
European banks are pressing their home regulators to follow the U.S. Federal Reserve’s lead in easing capital requirements for sovereign debt and central …
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Syndicated Leveraged Loan Covenant Quality Is At Record Weakness
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
The quality of syndicated leveraged loan covenants deteriorated to a record low the last quarter of 2019. Leveraged loans are …
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