Analysis
August 2, 2023
How to clean up a bank in 120 days
UBS has just 120 days to bring its problem child, Credit Suisse,...
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August 2, 2023
US bank execs decry ‘excessive’ calls for more capital
Bank chiefs have hit out at a new capital rule proposal which...
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July 27, 2023
Crypto industry welcomes FSB crypto asset framework
The Financial Stability Board has proposed new recommendations for crypto assets as...
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July 27, 2023
Canadian and Australian regulators square up to housing markets risks
Epic housing bubbles are threatening financial stability in high-income countries as the...
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July 26, 2023
Banks divided over powerful, yet problematic, AI tools
Generative artificial intelligence is taking off at some banks but integrating it...
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July 25, 2023
Banks boost horizon scanning for reputational risks
Banks are scrutinising their clients and commercial partners’ culture more closely to...
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20/07/2023
WFH puts bankers at risk of culture drift
The risk of slow cultural drift is worrying experts, as working from home becomes so popular that banks downsize their office space. HSBC will leave its Canary Wharf offices soon,...
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19/07/2023
Banks reinforce defences in wake of BoE's shadow banks test
The Bank of England (BoE) is running its first system-wide stress “exploratory scenario exercise” on 53 firms, amid fears the ballooning shadow banking sector will crack. Banks are already beefing...
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17/07/2023
APAC regulators boost bank deposit insurance schemes
Hong Kong, Singapore and New Zealand move to beef up bank-funded deposit insurance regulations, with more Asian countries likely to follow suit, after alarming rapid bank runs in the US....
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13/07/2023
Regulators spar over how best to safeguard banks
Bank failures and the rise of shadow banks are worrying regulators, but there is growing discord over the best way to tackle these threats to financial stability. Michael S Barr,...
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13/07/2023
Banks and regulators grapple with ‘AOCI’
Bank of America is the latest firm to fall foul of “AOCI”, a murky metric behind this year’s largest US bank casualties which experts say is getting harder for banks...
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