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How Covid forbearance gave banks a three trillion dollar boost

3 November 2020BanksBasel rules, CECL, Covid-19, Dodd-Frank Act, investment banking, tradingNick Dunbar

To keep banks operating smoothly during the pandemic, regulators eased capital requirements and boosted trading profits by underpinning financial markets. Did they go too far?

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Goldman deploys slimmed-down model in retail push

17 December 2019BanksApple Inc, Basel rules, Goldman Sachs, qualifying revolving exposures, retail loansNick Dunbar

Goldman Sachs is venturing into consumer lending, with the help of Apple Card. Part of the strategy involves dramatic changes to the bank’s risk models

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Collins wedge pushes internal credit models towards irrelevance

2 November 2018BanksBasel rules, Dodd-Frank Act, Federal Reserve, JP Morgan, PNC Financial, Wells FargoNick Dunbar

The Collins amendment has become a binding capital constraint for the biggest US banks. Does this support the Fed’s argument for rolling back the advanced approaches provisions of Dodd-Frank?

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