Accounting
Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment, corporate tax avoidance and corporate credit financing: evidence from high-tech listed companies in China
Using data from Chinese high-tech enterprises, the authors investigate links between corporate tax avoidance and bank credit financing.
EU banks show basic instinct for credit valuation adjustments
Simpler approach to CVA appeals even to some already using more complex models for counterparty risk
Banks divided over CME’s done-away model for UST clearing
Buy side could give thumbs-up if questions on margin protection and guarantee fees are answered
People: All fall in at Citi, TD turbulence, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
IASB cautions hedging fix won’t be perfect, but it will help
Banks optimistic that new model could prevent broken hedges driving balance sheet volatility
Netting hurdles could decide the US Treasuries clearing race
Competing CCPs must resolve accounting and cross-margining obstacles to benefit from SEC mandate
Stage fright: lenders still struggling with IFRS 9 transitions
Divergence in how banks move loans between stages of impairment prompts regulators to push for more homogenous approach
Harsh judgements: why Stateside lenders are upping the Q-factor
As CRE stalls, qualitative adjustments are forming a larger part of US banks’ credit risk allowances
Nordea writes off €130m of intangibles after accounting change
Fourth quarter impairment charges fourteen times larger than year prior
Comerica takes $91m hit on BSBY discontinuation
Bank forced to re-designate $7bn of receive-fixed swaps as SOFR-referencing hedges
Five US banks add $7bn in unrealised losses in Q3
Deductions at JP Morgan and Wells Fargo surge by more than $2 billion each
Don’t count on repo to monetise liquidity books, say experts
QT could force banks to sell bonds during stress, underlining need for fair value accounting
First Foundation reveals $215m goodwill charge
End-of-year impairment evaluation pushed forward to Q2 amid changing macroeconomic conditions