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The Credit Suisse Collapse and the Regulation of Banking

Harvard Corporate Governance

Credit Suisse, one of the world’s largest 30 banks with assets exceeding $500 billion, melted down earlier this month. How this collapse quickly unfolded raises serious questions about the regulatory actions preceding it and the future of banking regulation. ” SNB also pledged to provide CS with liquidity if necessary.

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Breach of Trust: Decoding the Banking Crisis

Musings on Markets

In March 2023, the fall of Silicon Valley Bank shocked investors not only because it was unforeseen, but also because of the speed with which it unfolded. That failure has had a domino effect, with Signature Bank falling soon after, followed by Credit Suisse in April 2023 and by First Republic last week.

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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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Dissecting the Long-Term Performance of the Chinese Stock Market

Harvard Corporate Governance

The A share market is the second largest in the world in terms of total market capitalization, trailing only the US equity markets. In terms of cumulative, ‘buy and hold’ returns, the performance of the A share market is the worst among the group of large countries (see Figure 1). more…)

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M&A Industry Trends: What sectors have the best-selling businesses?

Viking Mergers

This consolidation of the banking industry continued through 2021, although the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the volume of bank mergers to fall significantly. 1 Even so, the largest companies in this sector maintain enough market capitalization for significant leverage to acquire regional banks and trusts.

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Hyundai India’s IPO Filing Highlights Confidence In Surging India Markets

Global Finance

Hyundai’s IPO is being managed by investment banks Kotak Securities, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and HSBC. Ola is being advised by Bank of America Securities India, Goldman Sachs India, Citiglobal India and Kotak Securities. In the second half of 2023 the Indian equity market crossed the $4 trillion mark and is currently valued at $4.9

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The Adani Group Scandal Casts Doubt on the Rule of Law in India

Reynolds Holding

The stock market reaction to the findings was brutal and immediate. Within a few days, Adani Enterprises, the top company promoted by billionaire Gautam Adani, lost 50 percent of its market capitalization. [3] and European investment banks, according to financial market data provider Refinitiv.

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