Securitisation
The European Central Bank wants to promote securitisation, but critics of the Basel Committee’s proposed new capital rules fear the extra burden will snuff out the European market altogether. The stage...
Basel proposals would kill European market, banks warn – and some regulators sympathise
Securitisation industry group claims Europe faces big financing shortfall – and pushes securitisation as the answer
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Credit Suisse is trying to halve risk-weighted assets for its fixed-income division. That has been painful work – businesses and clients have been cut – but Gaël de Boissard says the bank is now closer to having a Basel III-compliant franchise than...
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