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Commission asks EBA to review the impact of bank capital requirements on SMEs
The Commission has published several initiatives in a framework entitled “Easier access to funding for SMEs and social businesses”. Under this framework, the Commission has proposed an action plan to promote better access to finance for SMEs.
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EBA Enria: Banking Supervision - towards an EU Single Rulebook
The chair of the European Banking Authority, Andrea Enria, gave a speech at the Belgian Financial Forum Conference entitled "Banking Supervision: towards an EU Single Rulebook".
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CEPS: Placing EU banks under undue stress
This Commentary by CEO Karel Lannoo surveys the latest round of stress tests administered to EU banks by the European Banking Authority (EBA) and finds their exclusive focus on a single measure of capital, the Tier 1 capital ratio of Basel III, short-sighted.
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ABBL: Second impact assessment of the new liquidity rules for Luxembourg banks
Following a first study in Q1/2011, a second local Quantitative Impact Study (QIS) of the new Liquidity standards for credit institutions, based on the version published by the BCBS in December 2010, was conducted jointly in Q2/2011 by the BCL and the CSSF.
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FT: European banks face a dual burden
Europe's banks will simply have to get used to a higher cost of financing and smaller, more selective, lending capacity. That could hark back to the days before they supersized operations using cheap funding from markets.
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BBA: Glocalism - a world view of prudential regulation
Capital management is going to be at the heart of banking strategy moving into 2012. The international standard-setters in Basel have set 2019 as the deadline for implementation of more stringent regulatory rules, but the markets aren't going to wait that long.
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Onado/Resti: EBA and the capital of European banks - don’t shoot the messenger
The newborn European Banking Authority has been fiercely criticised in the few months of its life. This column argues that most of the criticisms have been driven by lobbying interests more than by noble worries on the future of the European economy.
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EMF: EU27 mortgage market grows to €6.4 trillion in 2010
The European Mortgage Federation has published the latest version of Hypostat, which provides detailed statistics and data on EU and international housing and mortgage markets.
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BIS: The internal audit function in banks - consultative document
The BCBS issued revised supervisory guidance for assessing the effectiveness of the internal audit function in banks, which forms part of the Committee's ongoing efforts to address bank supervisory issues and enhance supervision through guidance that encourages sound practices within banks.
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State aid: Commission scoreboard shows continued trend towards less and better-targeted aid
The Commission prolonged the crisis state aid regime for banks, but clarified its rules on remuneration of recapitalisations and revised its rules on fees for interbank financing guarantees to ensure the State is adequately remunerated.
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BoE: Financial Stability Report December 2011
The Bank of England published its Financial Stability Report – December 2011.
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BIS: International Journal of Central Banking (IJCB) December 2011
The journal features articles on central bank theory and practice, with a special emphasis on research relating to monetary and financial stability.
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