Brothers demise to help banks retain access to wholesale funding. We describe the evolution and the pattern of bond issuance … new market, namely the significant �tiering� of the spreads paid by banks at issuance, finding that they mainly …

banks in the sample, according to their systemic importance scores. The methodology is then applied to EU and Eurozone … samples of banks to obtain their systemic importance ranking and SIFI lists. This is one of the first methodologies capable of … identifying systemically relevant banks at the European level. A statistical analysis and some geographical and historical …

September 2008, in order to support banks and other financial institutions. We first provide an overview of the programmes … the issuance of government guaranteed bonds by banks, examining their impact on banks� funding and highlighting …

tranches inflicted severe losses on banks, calling into question the credibility of Rating Agencies. I discuss the limits of …

banks, through adequate regulatory relief, to satisfy part of their financing needs with a new class of securities. These … diminish the probability of runs, if markets are convinced that banks can secure sufficient liquidity when needed thanks to the …