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Experts expect to finalise Basel II securitisation issues this week
LONDON – Technical experts expect this week to finalise their proposals for handling the one major issue still outstanding in the complex Basel II accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer – the technically thorny question of how to treat…
EU wants Cad 3 study to look at bank lending to smaller companies
BRUSSELS – The European Commission said it launched a tender today for a study that would pay particular attention to the consequences for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of proposed new European Union (EU) banking capital rules.
German Finance Agency initiates swaps programme
The German Finance Agency has begun its interest rate swaps programme to manage the risk on its debt portfolio. The Agency first gave an indication it would enter the swaps business in January, and now plans to transact up to €20 billion in swaps…
Germany drops objections to Basel II after SME solution
Germany lifted its objections to the Basel II bank accord in early July, welcoming a compromise on lending to small businesses that would be discussed by global banking regulators at a mid-July meeting.
Weather risk solutions
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Opening up Germany’s gas market
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Two hubs or one?
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At the heart of Europe
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Controlling power
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Out on its own
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At home and abroad
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Clearing the way?
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Growing quietly
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Will Germany scupper Basel II?
How real is Germany’s threat to veto the proposed Basel II bank capital accord if the country fails to get the concessions it wants on the accord’s treatment of bank lending to small to medium-sized companies (SMEs)?