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Bank capital gets its name from a simple principle — it is designed to form a solid foundation upon which a bank can operate, a buffer against which it can lend. Funding instruments like senior unsecured, meanwhile, are not there to absorb losses. Or are they? Will Caiger-Smith reports.
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The financial crisis exposed significant flaws in banks’ capital structures, not least the fact that many supposedly loss-absorbing instruments proved surprisingly unfit for purpose. But over the past few years, bank capital has been transformed. Will Caiger-Smith reports on a market reborn.
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The deluge may be yet to come, but some banks have already bitten the bullet. Banks have already printed Cocos, additional tier one and tier two capital that they expect to comply with the final CRD and EBA guidelines. But it hasn’t always been an easy ride. Will Caiger-Smith reports.
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Andrea Enria, chairman of the European Banking Authority, made the following speech at the European Commission’s public hearing on EU financial supervision in Brussels on May 24 this year.
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For a market that disappeared during the financial crisis, contingent capital has made a startlingly quick recovery. It probably would have been quicker without political wrangling over last minute additions to the European Union’s CRD package, such as a cap on bankers’ bonuses. But now that it’s back, what are an issuer’s options? Will Caiger-Smith reports.
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The issuance of exchange-traded funds referencing more diverse Chinese underlyings could increase should Hong Kong subsidiaries of U.S. or European fund managers receive approval under the renminbi qualified financial institutional investor program by end-of-the-year.