Renshaw Bay to provide calm in credit storm

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March 29, 2013 7:43 pm
Renshaw Bay to provide calm in credit storm
By David Oakley and Patrick Jenkins

When Bill Winters, the former number two at JPMorgan Chase, found himself a slick office for his new investment venture last year, there was a seedy downside. The site in an up-and-coming street in the heart of London’s West End overlooked a brothel. The view – now obscured by frosted glass – was a colourful change of vista compared with the bland City offices he overlooked at JPMorgan’s European headquarters.

NYT: E.U. Vows to Back Banks That Fail Stress Tests

E.U. Vows to Back Banks That Fail Stress Tests
By STEPHEN CASTLE
Published: July 12, 2011

BRUSSELS — European officials vowed on Tuesday to support banks that fail stress tests but left unresolved deep disputes that have held up a second rescue package for Greece.

Bloomberg: European Bank Funding Threatened as Basel III Meets Solvency II

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By Kevin Crowley - Mar 29, 2011 8:01 AM GMT+0900

European banks are being forced to sell more long-term bonds as regulators seek to prevent another financial crisis. European insurers say their own regulator will stop them from buying such debt.