Banking Reforming Global Reference Rates: the Particular Challenges of EU Benchmark Reform by internationalbanker July 8, 2019 Interbank offered rates, the interest rates at which banks lend and borrow in the interbank market, are being replaced by … Continue Reading July 8, 2019 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Yield Curves: What Do They Imply re Future Growth Prospects? by internationalbanker December 5, 2018 Little is more valuable to financial-market participants than accurate predictions of future growth. With interest rates on the rise in … Continue Reading December 5, 2018 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Bridge over Troubled Water: Unease Amongst Allies and Trading Partners by internationalbanker September 19, 2018 The good news is that economic growth globally is strong, with a few exceptions, as the world shakes off the … Continue Reading September 19, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Pricing Your Next Bank Deal: The Impact of Rising Rates, Tax Policy, and Volatility by internationalbanker May 16, 2018 While the pace of bank M&A transactions in 2018 has been on par with the same period in 2017, deal … Continue Reading May 16, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking Monetary Policy Dilemma in Latin America and the Caribbean: To Raise or Not to Raise Policy Interest Rates by internationalbanker March 19, 2018 As economic conditions return to “normal” in the industrial world, policy interest rates will inevitably rise from zero to “normal”—but … Continue Reading March 19, 2018 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance Low Interest Rates Don’t Mean Easy Money by internationalbanker March 14, 2017 Quantitative easing and low interest rates were to work together to ignite roaring economic growth following the last financial crisis; … Continue Reading March 14, 2017 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Finance When Mr Zero-Floor Met Mr Swap by internationalbanker March 1, 2017 In facility agreements, maintaining a zero floor for the IBOR gives lenders assurance that their transactions will at least not … Continue Reading March 1, 2017 2 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Brokerage How Low Rates Could Encourage Speculative Behavior by internationalbanker February 21, 2017 At the beginning of 2017, the European Central Bank (ECB) confirmed that it will keep its benchmark rate unchanged at … Continue Reading February 21, 2017 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Brokerage The Growth of Real Estate Investment Trusts by internationalbanker December 12, 2016 Real estate investment trusts, which pool resources to invest in rental-income properties, have led as the top-performing asset class and … Continue Reading December 12, 2016 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail
Banking The Effect of Negative Interest Rates on European Banking by internationalbanker July 7, 2016 Earlier this year, the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to cut its deposit rate to -0.4 percent and its benchmark … Continue Reading July 7, 2016 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail