Leverage
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European banks set for 18.6% capital hike under Basel III
By Alessandro Aimone
October 3, 2019, Risk
Large European banks are expected to see their average Tier 1 capital requirements increase 18.6% under the fully-loaded Basel III rules from end-2018 …
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Leverage automation to avoid CSDR fines, says ISLA
By Maddie Saghir
September 30, 2019, Securities Lending Times
The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) has published a new report highlighting the potential pain points associated with settlement fails for …
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Reforms Have Made Banks Safer but Markets More Brittle
By Greg Ip
September 25, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
In the decade since the global financial crisis the U.S. financial system in many ways is much safer, with banks …
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FDIC shifts on leverage ratio
By Sharon Thiruchelvam
September 18, 2019, Global Investor Group
The Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) proposed a rule change yesterday that would decrease the community bank leverage ratio (CBLR) framework, …
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Large Firms Trim Debt, Fueling Surge in Bonds at Center of Leverage Concerns
By Sam Goldfarb
August 18, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
AT&T Inc. has opened each of its earnings calls this year by raising a topic that has been much on …
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Volcker Rule Revamp Coming by Fourth Quarter, Quarles Says
By Jesse Hamilton
July 11, 2019, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve plans to release a fresh revamp of the Volcker Rule by this year’s fourth quarter after Wall Street assailed an …
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Highly Leveraged Zombie Companies Threaten the Global Economy
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
Zombie companies could endanger financial stability as the global economic downturn is deeper than expected. The very detailed analysis and …
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Doc-lite: the new menace in $1.2tn leveraged loan market
By Joe Rennison
July 8, 2019, Financial Times
Corel Corporation had a tough time borrowing almost $500m from investors last month, with underwriters offering the loan at a discount to …
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Randal Quarles Warns of Vulnerabilities in the Global Financial System
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
It is hard to believe that it has been almost a decade since the Pittsburgh Summit, where G-20 leaders met …
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Leveraged Loans and Collateralized Loan Obligations Are Riskier Than Many Want to Admit
By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes
In the last twelve months, I have written almost thirty articles about leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), because …
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