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Investment Banking
de Heredia, Tomás; Cutillas, Sergi; Sánchez de León, Carlos; Soley, Jorge; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-424-EFinanceThis note provides an overview of the origins and main activities of investment banks. It explains how they differ from commercial banks, who their main customers are, what financial instruments they use, and how they are evolving to adapt to changing regulatory framework.Starting at €8.20
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Solvencia II
Soley, Jorge; Tariffi, Leonardo; Cutillas, Sergi; Castelló, Mª VictoriaTechnical Note FN-586-ECorporate Governance, FinanceThe note explains the Solvency II prudential regime for insurance companies. It focuses in depth on capital requirements for the entities, taking into account the underwriting, market, counterparty and operational risks. It also addresses the impact on insurance companies' strategies, such as the target sectors and premiums to be charged. It finally considers the impact on policyholders, whether individuals or companies. As is the case of the Ba...Starting at €8.20
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Global Transaction Banking
Tariffi, Leonardo; Cutillas, Sergi; Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-582-EFinanceBanks have realized that they have to solve the liquidity problems of SMEs which can lead to bankruptcy under normal circumstances. They have developed the concept of transactional banking, which is usually a banking division where customers can obtain short-term credit facilities and upon approval of the ¿umbrella¿ credit line, can choose the product most convenient for them. For banking, the recourse of products and services is so important tha...Starting at €8.20
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International Banking Supervisory Bodies
Soley, Jorge; Cutillas, SergiTechnical Note FN-480-EFinanceThis note explains the international banking supervisory bodies: the IMF; the World Bank; the EU, and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Weaknesses in a country's banking system can endanger not only that country's financial stability; it can also provoke an international financial crisis. Such situations are avoided by the application of prudential policies, directly or indirectly by these international banking supervisory bodies. As we...Starting at €8.20
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Basel III: Toward a new financial architecture
Soley, Jorge; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Cutillas, SergiTechnical Note FN-583-EFinanceBasel III, some details of which are still to be worked out, marks another step by supervisors toward a stable and solvent banking sector. The technical note focuses not only on the specific features of Basel III but also on complementary regulations. It looks at the strategic impact on the banking sector, as in many people's view Basel III heralds a "new financial architecture".Starting at €8.20
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Stress Test: Credibility analysis of the EU Stress Test
Soley, Jorge; Cutillas, SergiTechnical Note FN-584-ECorporate Governance, FinanceIn July 2010 the CEBS published the results of the EU-wide banking stress-tests. Practically all the banks exceeded the capital requirements, but right from the start there were doubts as to the level of the requirements and the failure to consider the impact of sovereign debt on the banks' portfolios. The turbulence of 2010 and the publication of Basel III demonstrate the need for new, more demanding and more transparent stress-tests during 2011...Starting at €8.20