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... are backed by high-quality collateral. Nonetheless, the current move toward a CCP in Can... directly engage in providing short-term loans to each other. They are also considered systemical...
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... requirements seeks “A listing of all loans outstanding […] contracted by individuals, corpo...o “any loans under the [collateral loan facility] will not be ‘policy loans’ as d...
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... programs eligible covered bond collateral is restricted to uninsured loans made on the secur...
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It was a strong action by the Fed and they did so because some financial institutions that borrowed money to buy securities in the housing industry must now repair their balance sheets before they can make further loans," [George W. Bush] said. "Today's actions are fast-moving, but the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the secretary of the treasury are on top of them and will take the appropriate steps to promote stability in our markets.
Senior Federal Reserve staffers said the arrangement allows JP Morgan Chase to borrow from the Fed's discount window and put up collateral from Bear Stearns to back up the loans. JP Morgan, a bank, has access to the discount window to obtain direct loans from the Fed, but Bear Stearns, an investment house, does not.
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MtM accounting requires financial instruments to be valued at current market prices. This assumes a market and a price. As Michael Milken (progenitor of "junk bonds" at Drexel Burnham Lambert) once noted: "Liquidity is an illusion. It is always there when you don't need it and rarely there when you do.
MtM prices, no matter how dubious, drive investment and credit decisions. Holders of AAA rated securities may be forced to sell securities showing losses because MtM losses reach "stop loss" levels. Where investors have borrowed against these securities, the falling MtM value supporting the borrowing means finding money to top up the collateral or selling the securities, thus realizing the loss. In the case of some investors, the MtM losses trigger breaches of tests that require selling...
... and the value of collateral supporting loans. Accounting standards are now based on theoretical...
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... registration of aircraft equipment as collateral for loans to replace national (or sub-national) re...
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... from finance company pledged as collateral to bank in exchange for increased credit card limi... received both pay cheques and corporate loans from Webworx that were financed by the advances ma...
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... banking certainly includes the securing of loans by appropriate collateral, a bank in promoting opt...
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... "First, all Australian housing loans are full recourse loans. Indeed, unlike the majori..., by restricting eligible covered bond collateral to loans having an LTV ratio of less than 80%, wil...
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... requirements seeks “A listing of all loans outstanding […] contracted by individuals, corpo...o “any loans under the [collateral loan facility] will not be ‘policy loans’ as d...