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US Treasury continues to shut down support programmes
The US Treasury continued to reduce its support for the financial sector over the New Year, shutting down its Capital Purchase Program (CPP) and a loss-sharing agreement on $300 billion of Citigroup assets,...
Despite improved trading profits and contained losses at financial institutions, UK banks need to take advantage of currently favourable market conditions to meet future funding and core equity challenges,...
The number of institutions on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) problem list reached 552 banks and saving institutions in the third quarter, its highest number in 16 years. The sharp...
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Central bank insurance could prevent crises
Central banks should insure bank assets against systemic crises to avoid another financial panic, according to a proposal presented at the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium last week.
$1bn warrant auction design still undecided, US Treasury admits
Despite news of an impending auction of more than $1 billion of warrants on JP Morgan by the US Treasury, it remains unclear how any such auction would work.
UK may issue exchangeable gilts
The UK Treasury may issue bonds exchangeable into shares of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB, according to the asset manager responsible for the government's stakes in the two banks.
US regulators told to expand stress-test programme
The US Treasury should expand its bank holding company stress-testing programme to include smaller firms, the Congressional Oversight Panel said on August 11.
Treasury gets bank assistance with warrant auction
The US Treasury has recruited at least one major bank to assist it with auctioning off warrants outstanding under the Troubled Assets Relief Program (Tarp), sources close to the situation told Risk .
Governments must develop exit strategies, BIS warns
Governments need to plan how they will halt rescue measures introduced during the financial crisis, and ought to pull out as soon as conditions allow, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
BoE allocates extra £50 billion for asset purchases
The Bank of England (BoE) will expand its asset purchase facility, or ‘quantitative easing’, by £50 billion to £175 billion, it said today.
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