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Regulator weighs high-quality label for synthetic deals, but without favourable capital treatment
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How AI could tear up risk modelling canon
BlackRock, MSCI, La Française among firms looking to replace traditional, linear risk models
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‘Bad banks’ through the ages
Deutsche Bank is setting up its second 'bad bank' since the financial crisis as part of its latest restructuring effort. It's a strategy that's been used by seven other big lenders in recent years to warehouse and unwind unwanted assets. Barclays, Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, Lloyds, RBS and UBS all established special units to isolate toxic or illiquid investments post-crisis, some of which accounted for over one-third of their total risk-weighted assets at inception.
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