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Barclays Capital senior economist praises dynamic provisioning approach to loan losses
The European Union and International Monetary Fund agreed a €750 billion emergency loan package in early May, aimed at averting a sovereign default and wider crisis across the eurozone. Nonetheless,...
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The need to craft special treatment for banks that are too big or interconnected to fail has long been a concern for regulators, but of equal importance is the challenge of identifying which institutions should be subjected to such measures. How can financial...
Governance returns
Excessive risk-taking was a major cause of the recent meltdown in the financial markets. Time, then, for corporate governance to return in force
Eurozone CDS spreads widen as equities plummet
Wider eurozone CDS spreads in early morning trading mirror movements in the equities market
Sovereign CDS spreads widen in eurozone
Volatility returns to CDS spreads across the eurozone in early morning trading
CDS spreads tighten across the eurozone for sovereigns, banks and non...
Tightening continues on eurozone CDS spreads in a sign of improving market confidence
IEA cuts global oil demand for 2009 and 2010
The International Energy Agency (IEA) slashes global oil demand for 2009 and 2010, following questions over the health of the global economy, weaker-than-expected data from Asia and the Middle East, and repercussions from the volcanic ash cloud and the...
CVA desks trim hedges as bailout crushes CDS spreads
It was a hectic start to the week for CVA traders, as the eurozone bailout shrank the exposures many faced, leaving them over-hedged.
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