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Huge capital markets revenues helped US banks stack up more provisions against loan losses in the second quarter, as they prepare to weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. But analysts warn that firms will not be able to repeat this trick in the second half of 2020, with trading and underwriting returns likely to climb down from their peaks. -
Financial institutions are set to spend the summer months monitoring conditions for issuance in order to continue funding this year or to frontload funding needs for next year, according to deal arrangers.
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Capital markets have provided record volumes of funding during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from Afme. But a concurrent boom in bank lending shows that European companies still need broader access to equity and debt finance.
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Two groups of UK MPs held an online meeting today to welcome and promote a report into how the banking sector can support a ‘just transition’ to a low carbon economy. The report’s recommendations included creating a National Investment Bank to replace the role played by the European Investment Bank and for the UK to issue a green Gilt.
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Investors have been given their first taste of how regulatory relief could bolster bank capital levels amid Covid-19, after Barclays told the market this week to expect a drastic improvement in its common equity tier one (CET1) ratio in the second quarter.
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The European Central Bank will begin supervising financial institutions in Bulgaria and Croatia from October 1, as the two countries prepare to join the euro. Firms entering the Banking Union for the first time will also fall under the Single Resolution Board’s remit for the minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL).
