Author: Vincent Ryan
CFO.com- Nio Trades Down After Upsized Equity Offering Prices at Discount
- Ally Financial’s Profit Drops by More Than Half
- Fed Clamps Down on Bank Capital Distributions
- U.S. Banks’ Profits Sink 69% to $18.5B in Q1
- W.Va. Bank Fails After Years of Financial Woes
- Fed Offers Liquidity to Foreign Central Banks
- Fed Loosens Examination Reins on Banks
- Square Analysts React to FDIC’s Conditional Banking License Approval
- Plan Now for an Orderly Transition from Libor
- Fed Adopts ‘Stress Capital Buffer’ for Big Banks
Tag Archives: Financial services
A Good Time to Borrow
Is there any end to banks’ easing of standards on business loans? Loan underwriting is getting pretty loose. The Federal Reserve’s Senior Loan Officer Survey for July shows banks easing standards (yet again) for industrial & commercial loans. The percentage … Continue reading
A bank is hiding inside your supply chain
My latest story on CFO.com: merchant banking physical commodities warehouses aluminum derivatives price manipulation Goldman Sachs.
Five myths of convertible bonds
Check out a great column on convertible bonds from an exec at Aequitas Advisors. convertible bonds short seller optionality strike price Aequitas Advisers Photo courtesy of Mighty Antar. Related articles Why convertible bonds are too expensive (investmentviking.wordpress.com) Tesla Shares Rally … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Corporate debt, Corporate finance, Credit markets
Tagged banking, capital markets, Credit risk, Financial services
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Guess who created the latest derivative product
Yep, you guessed it, the federal government. The Financial Times reported today that Freddie Mac will sell a new kind of derivative that will get private investors to take on the risk of default of $22.5 billion in mortgages. From … Continue reading
Glass-Steagall, Part Deux
21stCenturyGlassSteagall I haven’t thoroughly reviewed the bill yet, so I am neither for or against it. But this item in the “purpose” section tickles me: (3) to eliminate conflicts of interest that arise from banks engaging in activities from which … Continue reading
Posted in Banking, Regulation, Too Big to Fail
Tagged Commercial bank, Elizabeth Warren, Financial services, Investment Banks, Wall Street
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Margin of Safety 