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Italy’s banks and politicians are worried about the European Central Bank’s non-performing loan crackdown. They are right to worry — but the answer is bankruptcy reform.
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National experts and banking representatives are pushing against the EU Commission's proposal to give further moratorium powers to supervision authorities, according to a set of documents obtained by GlobalCapital. -
The Bank of England has drawn up new rules for banks which seek to limit the UK’s exposure to the "deglobalisation" of bank balance sheets. Rules including the US requirement for "intermediate holding companies" and EU proposals for "intermediate parent undertakings" limit banks’ ability to move capital and liquidity around the banking group — leaving regulators without these safeguards concerned.
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Banks are trying to digest the implications of a new move by the European Central Bank, which would set a deadline by which new non-performing loans should be fully written off. This could spark a rush to declare NPLs before the end of this year, write Owen Sanderson and Jon Hay.
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With 65m people displaced worldwide, the refugee crisis can seem insurmountable. But despite this daunting scale, initiatives are being tried that could help some of those affected. Citigroup’s charitable foundation is giving $2m to a project to train refugees for the job market and entrepreneurship, in Greece, Jordan and Nigeria.
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For politicians looking for policy tools, bank capital regulations are a blank canvas. But using prudential regulation to direct lending to favoured causes lacks transparency, obscures difficult decisions and piles up risks.
