ICFR Weekly - 15 February 2012

Regulatory News    

IMF Paper Suggests Tax Asymmetries Increase Banks’ Leverage - 14 February 2012   
This working paper published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) examines whether the favourable tax treatment of debt over equity has an impact on the capital structure of banks...  Read more

Mexico Sets Out G20 Priorities - 14 February 2012
Mexico has the presidency of the G20 for 2012, and this discussion paper outlines priorities and workstreams for the year ahead...  Read more

EBA Says Capital Raising Measures Won’t Have Negative Effect on Lending - 10 February 2012
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has conducted a preliminary assessment of European banks’ plans for meeting the capital shortfalls identified by the EBA in late 2011...  Read more

Short-term Wholesale Funding Biggest Systemic Risk Factor – IMF Paper  - 10 February 2012
This working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Institute looks at a global system comprising large banks from a range of countries to assess the sources of systemic risk and contagion from individual institutions to the system as a whole... Read more

IMF Gives More Detail on Macroeconomic Costs of Raising Capital Requirements - 9 February 2012
The debate over the macroeconomic costs of capital requirements continues with this working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...  Read more
 

Key Dates    

Proposed Guidance on Transaction Reporting Strategy Trades - FSA - 22 February 2012 
The FSA has published proposed guidance for authorised firms with transaction reporting obligations...  Read more

Other Regulatory Updates   

ICFR Submits Comment on Volcker Rule Proposals - 13 February 2012
The ICFR has submitted a comment letter to four US regulatory agencies in response to their notice of proposed rulemaking, Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading...  Read more

Winners of the Third Annual ICFR - Financial Times Research Prize: Connel Fullenkamp (Duke University)  and Sunil Sharma (IMF)
We are pleased to announce that the paper by Connel Fullenkamp, Professor of Economics at Duke University, and Sunil Sharma, Director of the IMF-Singapore Regional Training Institute, is the winner of the third annual ICFR - Financial Times Research Prize... Read more

 

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