Wed, 3 Nov 2010: Rating agencies lose credibility…
Nov 3, 2010 Baltics
Rules set by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision forced banks to increase the capital they held against assets that were downgraded by ratings companies, leading to fire sales. Commitments ...Tags: Assets, Basel Committee On Banking Supervision, Benchmark, Central Banks, Chris Atkins, Collateral, Commitments, Credibility, European Commission, Fi, Investors, Judgments, Proposals, Reliance, Spokesman
Wed, 20 Jul 2005: Taking counsel…
Jul 20, 2005 Baltics
1, 2004), and now the Financial Collateral Law, there was no specific regulation for financial collateral in Latvian legislation, and commercial companies were quite often perplexed in transaction...Tags: Broker Company, Collateral, Collateralization, Credit Institution, Financial Institution, Investment Broker, Latvia, Legislation, Pledge, Priorities, Property Subject, Scope, Validity
Wed, 20 Apr 2005: Real estate: does the bubble exist?…
Apr 20, 2005 Baltics
The lowest-ever interest rates has sparked the development of a mortgage market in Latvia and facilitated competition among banks for customers. Naturally, the low rates have also made this new ho...Tags: Average Wage, Banks, Collateral, Dwelling, Interest Rates, Latvia, Mortgage Market, Mortgage Payments, Oversupply, Population, Real Estate Prices, Risk, Segments