Badwill accounting

Against the backdrop of recent European bank mergers, it is worthwhile examining the effects of acquisitions on regulatory capital. This is interesting because many European banks trade below book value. Normally, firms that acquire other firms pay a premium over book value to purchase the target firm. This premium is called goodwill. However, with the… Read More Badwill accounting

Tight new rules for EU conglomerate solvency calculations are official

Following on from an earlier post on conglomerate capital rules, the EU now made the conglomerate rules official. This is EU’s answer to criticism on its watered down implementation of Basel III. But it may never become clear why the EU uses conglomerate rules to compensate for weaknesses in bank rules. It looks like a costly… Read More Tight new rules for EU conglomerate solvency calculations are official