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EU’s top lenders would need central bank aid in crisis: SRB

BLOOMBERG The failure of Credit Suisse Group AG shows that Europe’s top lenders would still need liquidity assistance from central banks if they were to collapse, according a top regulator. That case made clear that the needs of a so-called global systemically important bank in crisis would outstrip the bloc’s bank failure fund, as well as a planned additional facility, ...

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Indian central bank’s dollar purchases cast a pall over the rupee

BLOOMBERG Dollar purchases by the Indian central bank to limit the impact of foreign inflows are helping lead to shortages of the US currency in the Indian banking system and weighing on the rupee, according to analysts. The rupee has given up all of this year’s gains, having been up about 1% at the beginning of May and among Asia’s ...

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Scotiabank misses estimates as provisions bigger than forecast

BLOOMBERG Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) missed analysts’ estimates as the lender failed to capitalise on rising interest rates and took a bigger provision for potentially souring loans than expected. Net interest margin — the difference between what the bank earns from loans and what it pays depositors — was 2.13% in the fiscal second quarter, compared with 2.11% in ...

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