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New equity capital markets talent and Bernstein joint venture have helped Société Générale win eye-catching mandates. Next, it will expand sector teams
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its proposals for developing a 'simple, transparent and standardised' (STS) framework for synthetic securitization, endorsing better capital treatment and permitting the use of some excess spread for credit enhancement — a boost for the market if the package is approved by the European Commission. -
Banks in the UK have built up large enough capital buffers to withstand the volume of credit losses expected to be triggered as a result of the economic shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bank of England said.
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The International Monetary Fund should be given a green light to create almost $1.4tr of new liquidity by issuing more of its own currency to help emerging economies hit by Covid-19, according to a former IMF executive who now runs an influential think tank.
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The Bank of England said on Thursday that it would be changing the way it looks at Pillar 2 capital targets, giving UK lenders more room to breathe during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Europe’s SMEs are in trouble. The coronavirus pandemic has zeroed revenues and threatens their very existence. They last faced a big threat in the 2008 crisis when bank lending dried up and a recession took hold. Back then, securitization took a lot of the blame as the cause, but this time it offers a route to rescue.
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Capital markets have not seized up when mediated through the home office. But with remote working set to be the norm for the foreseeable future, the finance industry must be alert to less perceptible problems.
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