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One of the lessons from the Credit Suisse spy scandal is that there is a dearth of talent capable of leading Europe’s banks through their most challenging period. A succession crisis looms, writes David Rothnie. -
The European Commission has approved Greek plans to set up a scheme called Hercules to enable the country’s banks to cut their non-performing loan (NPL) exposures.
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Jean Pierre Mustier, chief executive of UniCredit, said on Thursday that European banks were being put at a disadvantage by minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL), as it overburdens subsidiaries of cross-border banking groups.
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Davide Serra, founder and chief executive of Algebris Investments, presented a bullish case for financials on Tuesday, on the basis that their equity prices have been less manipulated by central bank asset purchase programmes than institutions in other sectors. But he thought that the European Central Bank (ECB) will end up buying banks’ senior unsecured bonds.
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The European Systemic Risk Board is concerned that covered bonds could be fuelling financial imbalances — a claim that some analysts find tenuous. They do, however, agree that house prices are overvalued, particularly in some Nordic countries where the ESRB has identified a risk of financial contagion.
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Randal Quarles, the head of global regulator the Financial Stability Board, warned on Thursday that cryptocurrencies and increasing fragmentation of financial markets carried the greatest threats to market stability.
