WireTap 1400 08/12/11

A round-up of the top stories from the specialist financial media, with a special focus on Euromoney's coverage of this weeks events


Country risk experts consider UK riskier than eurozone AAA sovereigns

Economists score the UK lower for country risk than France, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Finland

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EBA green lights CoCos as experts warn of death spiral effects

Multiple issuance with multiple triggers could dampen cliff risk and improve hedgeability of instrument. 

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EBA’s latest capital requirements hit Commerzbank
 
Having long ago surrendered their credibility, European bank regulators can hardly have expected any sharp reaction to the latest revisions of their stress test and associated demands on European banks to recapitalize. 

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Lawyers claim “too many regulations coming out”

Financial market lawyers at Reed Smith criticise the range of financial regulations being proposed or implemented 

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