Bankruptcy Blogs

Make building your brand an inside job

07/08/19

Community banks need to focus more on how their employees talk about the bank and less on new competition moving in.

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Deutsche sounds global retreat; banks push for checking deposits

07/08/19

The bank will reduce its footprint to its German roots; U.S. banks are offering cash bonuses to keep customers from fleeing to higher-yielding accounts.

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Deutsche Bank CEO slashes 18,000 jobs in $8.3 billion revamp

07/08/19

Deutsche Bank unveiled a radical overhaul that will see the lender exit its equities business, post a €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion) second-quarter loss and cut the workforce by a fifth to reverse a slide in profitability.

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Banks push for greater relief on foreign bank regs, living wills

07/07/19

The industry is urging federal regulators to go further in streamlining oversight of foreign banks and resolution-planning requirements. Critics warn that the proposals could weaken post-crisis safeguards.

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Equal Treatment in Sovereign Restructurings

07/07/19

Mitu Gulati & Mark Weidemaier

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Yannis Manuelides Paper on the Limits of the "Local Law Advantage" in Eurozone Sovereign Bonds

07/07/19

Sovereign debt guru and Allen & Overy partner, Yannis Manuelides has a new paper (here) out on the “local law advantage” in Euro area sovereign bonds.  This paper, along with Mark Weidemaier’s paper from the beginning of the summer (here – and a prior creditslips discussion about it

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Lending to nonbank lenders is growing — maybe too much

07/05/19

Loans to other financial firms have soared in recent years, and many are going to private equity or business development firms that then use the funds to make leveraged loans. Should regulators be worried?

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Simplified call report set to take effect Sept. 30

07/05/19

The new rule, subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget, would enable FDIC-supervised institutions with less than $5 billion in assets to use a shorter form every other quarter.

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Core-banking crossroads, leaner Capital One, defending CECL: Top stories of the week

07/05/19

Questioning whether core-banking technology is nearing a 'big shake-up'; Capital One keeps closing branches, even as rivals open them; FASB chair defends CECL, saying 'the benefits justify the cost'; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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