The FDIC has issued a call for papers to be delivered at the 9th Annual Bank Research Conference. Guess what the focus is: The on-going financial sector crisis has focused attention on compensation and governance …
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May 26, 2009
Bloomberg reports that low reported LIBOR rates are masking a high level of credit stratification. It appears that – to nobody’s surprise – dubious loans were marked down too low during the crisis and buyers …
Puff Piece on OSFI
OSFI has republished a puff-piece written for Central Banking magazine, titled Lessons for Banking Reform: A Canadian Perspective, by Carol Ann Northcott & Graydon Paulin of the Bank of Canada and Mark White of … …
May 25, 2009
Holy smokes, how ’bout them floaters, eh? I’ll have to write a follow-up to my article … maybe give another another seminar. Volume continued to be elevated on what was supposed to be a sleepy …
May 22, 2009
Every now and then an Assiduous Reader writes in and asks whether the banks will be purchasing thier deeply discounted prefs on the market to save themselves a few bucks …. and every now and …
May 21, 2009
The Bank of Canada has released a working paper by Hajime Tomura, Heterogeneous Beliefs and Housing-Market Boom-Bust Cycles in a Small Open Economy: This paper introduces heterogeneous beliefs among households in a small open economy …
May 20, 2009
BofA was able to raise significant equity capital yesterday: Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. bank by assets, said it raised about $13.5 billion in a sale of common stock as part of an …
May 19, 2009
The Bank for International Settlements has released its report on OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2008: Facing significant price drops, markets for commodity and equity derivatives recorded volumes which were 66.5% …
May 15, 2009
Those contemplating reverse mortgages would do well to incorporate the new OSFI advisory into their planning … the rules for qualification for optimal capital treatment will indubitably influence the packages offered by banks, notably: initial …
May 14, 2009
The Bank for International Settlements has announced standardized guidelines for debt market statistics: The Handbook is the first publication of its kind dealing exclusively with the conceptual framework for the compilation and presentation of securities …