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The European Banking Authority (EBA) will release results of its 2019 stress test on Friday. Investors will be looking out for the results of NordLB and the Italian banks in particular. -
The Council of the European Union agreed on a softer line for writing down non-performing loans on Wednesday, extending the timeline that European banks will be given to provision bad loans down to 0%. The Council’s proposals also add a third category of NPLs to the planned distinction between ‘secured’ and ‘unsecured’, giving separate treatment to loans secured on 'movable' collateral.
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The status of bonds used to meet banks’ minimum requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) and issued under English law has become a hot topic in the face of Brexit uncertainty. But many in the market are sanguine about a solution being found and there are obstacles for investors seeking to speculate on the outcome.
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On Tuesday, the European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) announced its areas of focus and concern for the banking sector in 2019. This year it has included climate-related factors as a driver of risk.
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The price of Italian bank shares and bonds rose on Monday morning after local media reported that the government was weighing up extraordinary measures to help the embattled lenders. The next few weeks are crucial for the banks, with the release of stress test results and third quarter earnings.
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A veteran debt banker at BNP Paribas is set to leave the firm at the end of October, according to multiple sources close to the situation.
