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The intrinsic (intractable?) bank bid for sovereign debt

There are a few ways to greet the news that eurozone banks are more exposed to their sovereigns than ever. One’s to note that this just means more human shields to deal with (somehow) in a...

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Europe’s not so secret liquidity. Not any more.

FT Alphaville began writing in detail about emergency liquidity assistance in the eurozone — that is, national central banks lending to stricken, but supposedly solvent banks on highly secretive terms,...

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The year of assessing comprehensively

Click for the ECB’s official introduction to its year-long “supervisory risk assessment… asset quality review and a stress test” for 124 European banks (who are all listed)… The capital ratios to be...

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SpooOOOooky European bank capital relief

That’s because it’s ghostly and hard to spot. (And it is All Hallows’ Eve.) First it was the buried announcement that Irish banks with government share ownership are about to get Spanish-style...

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In the loop

A useful chart from Citi on Thursday morning (which you may click to enlarge), on the recent rise in bank holdings of sovereign debt.Continue reading: In the loop

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Stress-testing European banks, 2014: now with “additional national...

…. are being answered. The European Banking Authority has graced us with the “key features of the 2014 EU-wide Stress Test”. You can find them here and the FAQ here. Continue reading: Stress-testing...

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A CoCo Cyprus bank trade

Easy to forget now that the crisis-spotters have moved on to EM from the eurozone… but we’re almost coming to the first anniversary of the Cypriot bank depositor bail-in. Of course, that time has sure...

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BES — the resolution

Click for the Bank of Portugal’s announcement of the resolution of Banco Espirito Santo:Continue reading: BES — the resolution

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Negative rates haven’t hit banks all that hard?

A qualified defense of negative rates effects on banks’ net interest margins, you say? Go on then. From Andrew Garthwaite and team at Credit Suisse…Continue reading: Negative rates haven’t hit banks...

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Don’t count on European credit growth

We’re a little bit late to Friday’s note from Citi’s Hans Lorenzen and Aritra Banerjee, but it’s a pretty good assessment of the tensions in European credit markets at the moment: Without implying...

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