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The European Commission’s approach to the supervision and restructuring of the EU banking system has numerous shortcomings. As an alternative, this article proposes a European Resolution Authority and a European Restructuring Fund for systemically important banks and the implementation of a...
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Despite the experience of the ongoing sovereign debt crisis, European banks continue to hold large amounts of bonds from their home governments. This ties the fates of the sovereign and the banks together, leading to the disruptive self-reinforcing feedback loops that brought the euro area to...
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information, have meant that the European financial system has become less bank-based and more market-based. This trend has been …
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Before the background of the debt crisis loan loss provisioning has been gaining in importance, as one of the measures adopted by banks to reduce their exposure in highly indebted countries and to strengthen their balance sheets. Prof. Abbott examines the concept and forms of provisioning, and...
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inter-bank borrowing has gradually been replaced by collateralised central bank lending. This has in turn affected … collateral availability and the need for high-quality assets. The European Central Bank has reacted to this development by … accept bank loans as collateral). In the context of these developments, this article assesses and comments on various aspects …
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