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...The IIEB’s initial aim was to improve international capital movements and combat currency controls in the face of greater interference from national governments in the financial system....
...This is the amount of common equity tier one capital they must hold in excess of regulatory minimums relative to their risk-weighted assets....
...🥈 RUNNER-UP Robert Smith, capital markets correspondent + Tony Tassell, financial opinion editor + Nikou Asgari, digital assets correspondent (duplicate entry) Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire (ProPublica...
...At the start of the pandemic he intervened to help facilitate a new business opportunity for Greensill Capital....
...Prosecute fraud, maybe regulate crypto exchanges like casinos, and keep the SEC et al out of it. This is a disagreement about how to cordon off crypto so that when crypto burns, it is controlled....
...However, Bebchuk et al conclude that this throws the ball into the government’s court....
...Biden hosts Iraqi prime minister The US president will meet Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the White House....
...The financial services sector stood out in 2020 because there was a drop in litigation risks disclosed....
...On Monday Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, set out plans for a global minimum corporation tax on the eve of the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank....
...In a letter seen by the Financial Times, Warren and Brown said that maintaining capital relief for the financial sector would “substantially” weaken the tougher regulatory framework that was put in place...
...Et cetera, ad nauseam. The numbers seem to back up the thesis....
...Our resident capital markets expert Rob Smith’s memorable interview with short-seller Carson Block — watch it back here....
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic,” said one equity analyst....
...“The concept is comply or explain,” said Mr di Sibio, who argues this action will have a snowball effect.* Of course this begs another question: what happens to SASB, GRI et al?...
...One person involved in the transaction told DD that while Al-Hajri is the brother-in-law of the Qatari emir, the businessman is an investor in his own right....
...But few may be aware that it once housed the London base of the Hanseatic League, one of the most successful trade alliances in history. (BBC) Video of the day Are corporations paying enough tax?...
...Andrew Garthwaite et al at Credit Suisse has had a fiddle about with the model portfolio, resulting in insurers getting a push....
...Sheila Bair, who previously chaired the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, was also named to the board....
...Corporation and Citic Securities find it harder to compete....
...Negative rates may be necessary to help support the flow of credit to non-financial corporations. But much of the heavy lifting will have to be done by fiscal policy....
...CVC makes another play for professional sport Whoever wins rugby union’s Six Nations championship next month, CVC Capital Partners will be cheering....
...Here are two charts from Calomiris et al. depicting the relative growth of this asset class versus smaller-sized dollar-denominated EM corporate debt....
...United Airlines suspended a flight from New Jersey’s Newark airport to the Indian financial capital of Mumbai, which passes over Iran, citing safety concerns....
...Go deeper with Rob Smith and Leo Lewis’s examination of the Norinchukin CLO machine from February....
...Donald Trump is suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One in a bid to prevent them from handing over financial records under congressional subpoenas....
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