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  • If UBS’s reported exploration of a merger with Credit Suisse actually leads to a tie-up at some point, it would create a formidable European investment bank.
  • Sweden's financial supervisor has extended its application of a risk weight floor on domestic mortgages, a measure that will help to protect senior debt by forcing banks to run with higher capital positions.
  • The European Central Bank said on Thursday that the economy was in a poor enough state to justify letting banks take advantage of a recent agreement on leverage ratio relief.
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    Bank and leasing firm Grenke has seen its share price plummet by more than half over the past two days after becoming the latest target of Viceroy Research, the activist short seller known for its campaigns against Wirecard and Steinhoff. German regulator Bafin has told GlobalCapital it is investigating the situation.
  • An accounting practice called badwill is central to debates about European bank M&A — but it probably should not be, as it leads to some confusing rhetoric.
  • Surging covered bond issuance that is printed only for repo at the central bank and official sector purchases means that the asset class is now less relevant for market funding purposes than ever before. If this continues, the systemic importance of the €2.7tr global market will be undermined just as efforts to develop it look to bear fruit.