Untangling the Valuation of Banks: some useful hints

@Hunton & Williams Valuation is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating and, at the same time, complex and problematic themes in Corporate Finance, bewildering students, researchers, financial advisors and investors. Bank’s valuation is undoubtedly one of the most relevant topics in modern economies, given their systemic importance and given the importance that valuation have in […]

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The Future of U.S. Rate Regime: FED’ s Challenges

The Monetary Divergence The Federal Reserve, as widely expected, announced on March the 15th that it intends to raise interest rate to 0.75% to 1%, up from the 0.5% to 0.75% range set in December 2016. This is the third rate hike from the FED since the financial crisis. The Federal Open Market Committee (the FOMC, the interest rate-setting body […]

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Repopulating the Repo market

At the end of December 2016 the European Repo market experienced an unprecedented level of volatility and dislocation, raising worries over the stability of the whole European Money market. During the trading day of December 28th the repo-rate for specials of several ‘core’ government bonds (including Germany, France, Belgium, Netherland and Austria) tightened to record-low […]

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ECOWAS, a light in the dark continent

Who follows the African politics was certainly pleased by the military and diplomatic intervention in Gambia performed by ECOWAS in early 2017. Code name: Restore democracy. After the defeat in the December election, the incumbent president Yahya Jammeh, who led the country for 22 years of terror and repression, refuse to relinquish power. This opens […]

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