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The Carrot and the Stick: Bank Bailouts and the Disciplining Role of Board Appointments

Harvard Corporate Governance

Normal 0 false false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Despite the well-publicized negative effect of bailouts on ex ante incentives, it is often practically infeasible for governments to avoid bailing out failing banks, especially if many banks fail together, i.e., in the presence of systemic risk. more…)

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UBS to lift dividend and beat share buyback target

Financial Times M&A

Swiss bank to lift shareholder returns days after pulling out of deal to buy fintech Wealthfront

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NYCB Dividend Cut

Essentials of Corporate Finance

Banks stocks are generally affected by interest rates and New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) is no different. With high interest rates, New York City rent control policies, and changing demand for commercial real estate in New York City, investors are concerned about the bank's future performance. 05, a 70 percent cut.

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The Dividend Discount Model (DDM): The Black Sheep of Valuation?

Brian DeChesare

When I started offering financial modeling training , I never expected to get questions about a methodology like the Dividend Discount Model (DDM). But people who aim for investment banking roles are very much into those bells and whistles, so questions about the DDM and other “exotic” methodologies began rolling in.

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Good (Bad) Banks and Good (Bad) Investments: At the right price.

Musings on Markets

I also used the banking framework to argue that good banks have stickier deposits, with a higher precent of these deposits being non-interest bearing, that they invest in loans and investment securities on which they earn interest rates that cover and exceed the default risk in these investments. All Equity, All the time!

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Japan Megabanks’ Strategic Share Sale Marks Big Priority Shift

Global Finance

The plan by the Big Three banks to unwind their cross-shareholdings points to a long-awaited turn to better corporate governance. As such, the big banks’ pledges suggest that Japanese business is taking the need for change seriously, Wu says. The announcements in June by Japan’s three megabanks that they will sell $5.4

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Bank of Cyprus Eyes €137M Investor Return After ECB Nod

Law 360 M&A

The Bank of Cyprus Group said Wednesday it intends to boost shareholder returns to €137 million ($149 million) by launching a share buyback and ramping up dividends, after receiving the green light for both payouts from the regional banking watchdog.

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