Moody’s: shareholder support gives MDBs room to lever up Moody’s current ratings approach, with the top-rated MDBs having intrinsic financial strength below Aaa, with ratings raised to Aaa by shareholder support, might imply that they could increase their ... 04/23/2024 - 1:05 am | View Link
Can long-term mortgages help solve the UK’s housing crisis? Home loans with interest rates fixed for a decade or more could get more buyers on to the ladder — and disrupt a £1.6tn industry ... 04/22/2024 - 5:00 pm | View Link
Too Little Too Late saves bank skins Expect bank dividends to be slashed under severe climate risk scenarios, while bad debts (at 5 times the base case) will be dreadful, with the industry facing 20 years of losses. 04/22/2024 - 12:03 pm | View Link
FSB report outlines eight recommendations for bank liquidity preparedness The fourth recommendation set out the need for conducting liquidity stress tests with respect to margin and collateral calls to identify the sources of liquidity strains. The fifth called for stress ... 04/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Climate Stress Test Assesses Resilience Of Major NZ Banks Director of Financial Stability Assessment & Strategy Kerry Watt says each year we run stress tests to assess banks’ resilience. The key stress-test for New Zealand’s five largest banks in 2023 ... 04/21/2024 - 12:33 pm | View Link
During a Supreme Court hearing on Idaho abortion law, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar and Justice Samuel Alito clashed over fetal protections under federal law EMTALA. Prelogar argues women deserve necessary medical care, challenging Alito's focus on "unborn child" protections.