Dividends
SEB purchase saps Danske Bank’s capital ratio
Despite hike in minimum required capital, Danske has ample buffer
New frontiers
Innovative investment opportunities are helping to mitigate risk and satisfy Solvency II capital requirements as insurers face continued economic uncertainty. Frederic Morlaye, managing director, insurance and capital management solutions, Global Markets…
Deutsche Bank fails CCAR; Goldman and Morgan Stanley scrape by
DB USA hit with qualitative fail, while Goldman and Morgan Stanley face dividend and buyback freeze
Zurich builds up capital buffers
Insurer edges toward over-capitalisation on its own measures
Danske Bank targets lower capital ratio
Danish lender bought 6.8 million of its own shares for DKK 1.6 billion
CCAR threatens BNY Mellon dividend payout
Fed's test "noticeably more stringent" - BNY Mellon's Santomassimo
US Bancorp unfazed by Fed’s new capital buffer
Lender targets dividend payout ratio of 40%
Goldman shakes off tax reform capital effects
Stronger regulatory ratios support capital distributions
Trump tax reform sours US banks’ CCAR outlook
Tax changes hit bank capital ratios; Goldman, AmEx could fail Fed’s annual tests
FDIC’s Hoenig warns on relaxing bank capital requirements
In letter to Senate committee, regulator claims big banks are less well-capitalised
Data woes force dividend swaps out of Simm update
Dealers have different approaches to pricing dividend risk factors
Synth City: how synthetic dividends could save autocallables
New indexes promise higher coupons and lower dealer hedging costs
Equity derivatives house of the year: BNP Paribas
Innovative risk-offloading trades enable the bank to power ahead of its rivals
US dividend tax breaches international treaties, say lawyers
Section 871(m) rules “full of holes”, say dealers
Risk managers hold key to clarity on dividends
Absence of cash metric under Solvency II puts capital constraints in spotlight
Dealers vent frustration at Section 871(m) hold-up
US dividend-equivalent tax change will hit high-delta products with withholding tax
Questions over event driven activists adding value
But strategy among highest returns this year
Melanion bets on progress of dividend futures as an asset class
As the first pure-play dividend futures hedge fund, Melanion Capital believes it has an advantage in giving investors a solid return on investment by using this new asset class to generate pure alpha
Nigerian financial infrastructures increasing cooperation
If you build it, they will come
Nigerian CSD: derivatives, CCP and securities lending in 2014
At Nigeria's third Capital Market Committee retreat this week, the head of the country's central securities depository reports on progress liberalising the market - and dealing with unclaimed dividends
Single-stock futures alternative to section 871(m) withholding
Single stocks the future?
Uridashi knockouts push Japan dividend futures to outperform Nikkei
Inverted yield curve provides rich pickings for investors
Dividend-based ETPs stage a comeback
This year has seen a revival of interest in dividend-based exchange-traded products as investors continue their search for yield
Exchange-traded products expected to benefit from increased risk appetite
Exchange-traded products expected to benefit from increased risk appetite