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Basel Committee analyzes synthetic risk transfers, highlights monitoring needs
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a report analyzing synthetic risk transfer (SRT) transactions.
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Synthetic risk transfers: Market growth, structures, and supervisory challenges
A new report from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision investigates synthetic risk transfer (SRT) transactions, which allow banks to transfer credit risk while retaining asset ownership.
Non-US global banks link dollar funding to global house price synchronization
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