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Bank of Ireland unveils plans for bond buy-back
businessandleadership.com
[Businessandleadership.com] - The bank said it was launching the liability management exercise as it noted the Minister for Finance's objective to ensure junior bondholders contributed to the banks' Core Tier 1 capital requirements. According to the stress tests carried out earlier
MPs accuse RBS of massaging figures to boost capital position
citywire.co.uk
[Citywire.co.uk] - The letter, written by banking expert Gordon Kerr, said the disparity could be equivalent to as much as 50% of the bailed out banks core tier one capital. 'That means on a prudent basis RBS has a basic capital ratio (leverage on total assets) of 2.75%
Google News: A pause in Spanish bank piggybacking?
[FT Alphaville (blog)] - The answer is no, with the exception of Italian banks. Core Euro area banks have built a prefunding cushion of €27bn, but this is not enough to cover maturities of €56bn over the next few months. Spanish banks have also built a cushion of €8bn
Bank of Ireland & IL&P to launch burden sharing exercises
www.businessandleadership.com
[Businessandleadership.com] - Both financial institutions said it had noted that the Minister for Finance's objective to ensure junior bondholders contributed to the banks' Core Tier 1 capital requirements. According to the stress tests carried out earlier this year
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