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       Posted on May 14th, 2012

AFME’s response to the EU discussion paper on debt write down

The AFME sees two key issues for designing bail‐in properly: 1) it should be flexible: firms using bail‐in should not be subject to a minimum amount requirement nor restricted to where a bail‐in could occur in their structure, and 2) with the exception of deposit guarantee schemes and deposits not covered by any [...]


       Posted on May 1st, 2012

The return of financial repression

Periods of high indebtedness have historically been associated with a rising incidence of default or restructuring of public and private debts. Sometimes the debt restructuring is more subtle and takes the form of “financial repression”. Consistent negative real interest rates are equivalent to a tax on bond holders and, more generally, savers. In [...]


       Posted on May 1st, 2012

Managing State Debt and Ensuring Solvency: The Indian Experience

This paper presents the policymakers’ perspective on the reforms undertaken to manage states’ debt and ensure solvency. While the sustained high growth rates of the Indian economy played a part in alleviating the interest burden on debt and ensuring that the debt does not grow in an explosive trajectory, major reforms were implemented [...]


       Posted on April 29th, 2012

Banco de España Financial Stability Report – April 2012

The Financial Stability Report is a six-monthly publication which analyses the evolution of the risk, solvency and profitability of deposit institutions.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION
1 MACROECONOMIC RISKS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
2 DEPOSIT INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL MARKET PARTICIPANTS

2.1 Deposit institutions
2.1.1 Banking risks
2.1.2 Profitability
2.1.3 Solvency
2.2 Other financial market participants


       Posted on April 19th, 2012

European Commission Discussion paper on the debt write-down tool – bail-in

The Commission services published a consultation document in January 20113, where, amongst others, they proposed and sought views on the design of a debt write-down mechanism, as an additional tool to the standard resolution tools (such as transfer of business to a private sector entity or bridge bank, or a ‘good bank/bad bank’ [...]


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