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APAC capital markets during the COVID-19 crisis

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We expect Credit and Political Risk Insurance (CPRI) to play an important and increasing role in supporting lenders in mitigating risk, overcoming concentration issues and improving capital adequacy. In Asia, we have seen a rise in demand for surety as a liquidity tool to replace bank guarantee and LC instruments.

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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.

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Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, is expected to take a hard stance on cryptocurrencies, calling digital currency a “particular concern” that is used “mainly for illicit financing,” Arstechnica and other news outlets reported on Thursday (Jan. These are very real risks.”. Regulators in the U.S.

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Transcript: Ted Seides

Barry Ritholtz

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 go back a couple of years and you could say, “Well, what return is available buying a treasury?” SEIDES: No, you’re right about the securities.