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Regulators lay out criteria for annual stress exercise with stocks at record highs
Change is needed after the pandemic stretched markets to the limit in March last year
Wall Street has soured on big financial institutions for good reason
Pandemic stress test results show lenders to be ‘source of strength’, regulator says
Fed’s Quarles says institutions did not run down capital and liquidity buffers as hoped
Fears of a credit crunch have already hit business confidence and worried banks
US central bank says it will announce decision by the end of the month
Central bank ‘miscalculation’ led to slightly inflated capital requirements for the two US banks
Investment bank will have to maintain largest capital cushion among its peers
European lenders must tackle bad loans now instead of waiting
Forecast adds more pressure on region’s financial institutions to reduce US presence
Bank says it can meet extra cushion needs after stress tests as Wells Fargo cuts payout
Banks’ increased caution curbs payouts to shareholders
Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs shares fall in after-hours trading after central bank acts
Opaque, aggregated results risk stoking instability.
What to look for in Thursday’s unprecedented data dump from regulators
Vice-chairman lays out ‘sensitivity analysis’ details to be used in gauging if dividends should be paid
Buffers ‘should be sufficient’ to protect lenders in short term, says European Banking Authority
Financial stability report highlights elevated risks from loan losses and falling asset prices
Ex-FDIC chief says central bank was ‘wrong’ to allow payouts to continue during pandemic
Regulators must ensure that lenders’ defences are sufficiently robust
Rules designed to resolve the tests of the last financial crisis have already flunked this one
Halting these quarterly payouts would be wise given the new economic reality
Suspending payouts should bolster capital buffers
Banks had raised fears new rules could spur huge rise in loan books losses
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