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The funhouse mirror of CLO equity hedges
CLO equity cannot be directly hedged, so people are buying approximations and hoping for the best
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CECL fans and foes cross swords on Capitol Hill
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Banks warned on holes in EU’s proposed Brexit relief
Potential EC, French and German no-deal relief is expected to be short-lived and incomplete
Big Figure
CVA spike
Standard Chartered's credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital requirement more than doubled in the third quarter. The UK bank’s CVA charge increased to £77 million ($99 million) at end-September from £29 million three months prior. It’s the highest level the charge has been at since end-2016.
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