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LONDON — The scale of Switzerland's task in holding down the franc became even clearer Monday, as the currency held firm even as the Swiss National Bank warned it could introduce capital controls to hold it down if the crisis in the ...
May 28, 2012 at 12:54 | Source: Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to heightened market volatility and uncertainty requiring companies to more closely evaluate the creditworthiness of borrowers, counterparties, customers and suppliers, S&P Capital IQ, a ...
May 27, 2012 at 21:52 | Source: Yahoo Finance
Hitachi Capital Insurance will be challenged to increase revenues from its two core businesses and bolster its risk management system, and raise revenues from the insurance business in a stable manner. Standard & Poor's evaluates Hitachi Capital ...
May 28, 2012 at 06:42 | Source: Reuters
Generically, though, the concept has evolved along with various Basel Accords. Regulatory capital for various debt instruments is 8% of the bank's risk-weighted assets. Risk weights vary dramatically: from 0% to high-rated sovereigns to 50% for ...
May 24, 2012 at 16:48 | Source: Minyanville
Thursday brought a raft of data pointing toward a global economic slowdown, including: Markit PMI for Europe falling to 45.9 from 46.7 in April while the May German IFO business confidence hit a six-month low and the U.K. reported a steeper-than ...
May 24, 2012 at 19:32 | Source: Yahoo Finance
In July 2009 the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision introduced a set of revisions to the Basel II market risk framework to reduce its cyclicality and increase the overall level of regulatory capital for trading activities. At the same time it initiated ...
May 27, 2012 at 19:29 | Source: Mondaq
Platforms that aggregate crowdfunding backers provide a big pool of customer capital providing entrepreneurs with customers who are particularly willing and able to accept the risk that an idea may not come to fruition. The platform already ...
May 28, 2012 at 01:48 | Source: Gigaom.com
Many call for increased dividends, others strategic investments. Capital Market Exchange noted expense growth that drags corporate earnings has long corresponded to greater credit risk. Now, questions arise as to if the willingness of a company's ...
May 25, 2012 at 18:48 | Source: YAHOO!
... instead work to measure how much risk banks have and on improving inadequate risk measurements, in order to guarantee lenders have the right amount of capital, she wrote. Bank regulators shouldn’t allow any activities that are too complex ...
May 23, 2012 at 21:07 | Source: Bloomberg
Investment bankers and traders have a new paymaster: The risk management department. A study by capital markets pay consultants McLagan LINK: www.mclagan.com shows that bonuses are slumping, which is pretty old news, but one of the more interesting ...
May 28, 2012 at 12:54 | Source: Globe and Mail