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Moody’s: Nearly 40% of high-yield Asian issuers have weak liquidity

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The Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (ALSI) climbed to its second weakest level, and the number of companies rated B3 and below continued to increase in the first quarter of 2020 following a surge of downgrades in Q1, said Moody's Investors Service. . The ALSI climbed to 38.7% in March from 32.9%

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ESMA outlines its approach to reporting on systemic impacts of clearing

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ESMA will identify any difference in basis available between TC and EU CCPs, and model any concentration add-ons. It will prepare its own estimate, but will ask EU and TC CCPs, as well as a number of market participants, for their estimations. ESMA will “ use existing literature ” to guide calculation of netting efficiencies.

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OCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season

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Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that underwriting standards have eased thanks to an increased appetite for credit risk, increased competition and an overall perception of improved economic circumstances. Commercial real estate (CRE) loans, however, continued to strengthen. Amid these fluctuations, the U.S.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., But its positioning of the blockchain as one of its critical strategic pillars emphasizes a bigger and more important point: The hype is only as good as the numbers it can deliver. billion by 2021. billion growing to $120.7 billion in 2018 growing to $1.1 trillion in 2021.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. I wasn’t that typical person that did a number of, you know, internships during the summer, had that …. And even if it’s at, let’s say 6.5,

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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

Or at least the top, pick a number, 30, 40%. I don’t remember the number. The challenge is unlike the S&P 500, hedge funds sit in a box that has underlying credit risk from prime brokers. So the credit markets froze. So you’re talking about an average of a large number. Less, 20, 30%?

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Fed Aims To Regulate Banks Based On Size

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In particular, Bowman spoke about the specific risks that many smaller banks face, explaining how bankers should “actively manage concentrations of credit risk, and be mindful that strong lending activity can strain liquidity.