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  • The stress-test scenario marks all European sovereign debt to market value, Deutsche Bank said, with losses associated with countries like Greece and gains associated with bonds trading above market value, such as Germany, throwing off many analyst estimates of how much additional capital might be needed.

    Deutsche Posts Profit but Warns on Outlook Laura Stevens 2011

  • Originally, Deutsche Bank would have faced an immediate capital shortfall of €9 billion under the stress-test scenario when future regulations known as Basel III were applied, according to people familiar with the matter.

    Deutsche Posts Profit but Warns on Outlook Laura Stevens 2011

  • One option was to re-crunch the stress-test numbers, in a way that reflected the possibility—not considered before—of losses on euro-zone government debt.

    Ties That Bound Europe Now Fraying Stephen Fidler 2011

  • Despite a €3.2 billion $4.2 billion capital hole under the European Banking Authority's July 2011 stress tests, the German bank reported a core Tier 1 equity ratio of 9.5% on Dec. 31, well above the 9% stress-test threshold, putting immediate concerns over its capital to rest.

    Deutsche's Ackermann Skirts Capital Problem Simon Nixon 2012

  • Seeking to convince the public of the robustness of its safety regime, Japan has invited a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency next week to have the stress-test procedure examined by international experts.

    Japan Girds for Summer Power Cuts Mitsuru Obe 2012

  • The IAEA mission was dispatched in response to Japan's request to evaluate the methodology of its stress-test safety checks now being implemented on idled reactors.

    Japan Reviews Disaster Plan Amid New Quake Concerns Mitsuru Obe 2012

  • This perhaps might explain why GM, unlike other banks with low stress-test scores, was unable to get any private capital.

    Coyote Blog » 2009 » December 2009

  • There isn't firm deadline to issue a formal propsal on the new stress-test rule.

    U.S. Regulators Outline Banking Stress-Test Rules Jeffrey Sparshott 2011

  • This perhaps might explain why GM, unlike other banks with low stress-test scores, was unable to get any private capital.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Fannie & Freddie Officially Declared Bottomless Pits. GMAC Not Far Behind 2009

  • With the European Banking Association explicitly promising not to repeat last year's stress-test exercise, which forced banks to mark sovereign bonds to market, banks could be more willing to use the new ECB money to buy government bonds, taking advantage of higher yields to rebuild their profitability.

    Sugar Rush for Euro-Zone Markets Richard Barley 2012

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