ABI Blog Exchange

2015-03-13
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week, including the benefits of regulating banks by complexity rather than size and how to make the Fed's stress tests more effective.

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2015-03-13
Since the early Nineties, Czech insolvency legislation has undergone a number of positive changes. Creditor position improved, including that of secured creditors, and the protection of both the debtor and the bankrupt has also been strengthened.
2015-03-13
Longview Power LLC heads to bankruptcy court Monday to try to win a judge’s approval of its plan to exit chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-03-13
Longview Power LLC heads to bankruptcy court Monday to try to win a judge’s approval of its plan to exit chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-03-13
Informing banks about the details of stress-test requirements in advance would help mitigate financial institutions' unnecessary costs. And conducting the tests on a quarterly basis would ensure that banks are unable to game the system.

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2015-03-13
This Oct. 24, 2014, file photo shows the Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-03-13
This Oct. 24, 2014, file photo shows the Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-03-13
Receiving Wide Coverage ... Practice Makes Perfect: Have U.S. banks finally cracked the code on stress tests? Whatever your opinion, there's an article that will reaffirm it.

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2015-03-12
Big day in sovereign debt.

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2015-03-12
The IMF has approved a new 4-year $17.5 billion program for Ukraine, with an immediate disbursement of $5 billion.

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2015-03-12
Per Part 1 of this post, the word “executory” under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code should be defined by its original, common law meaning p

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2015-03-12
Mobile wallets will undoubtedly become more popular with time, but plastic cards won't be easily killed off. We add to payment options to increase security, options and convenience.

Read More from: BankThink

2015-03-12
Jones Day will open a permanent office in Detroit this July. The law firm, which represented the city in its chapter 9 bankruptcy case, will be headed by Timothy J.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-03-12
Jones Day will open a permanent office in Detroit this July. The law firm, which represented the city in its chapter 9 bankruptcy case, will be headed by Timothy J.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-03-12
The Supreme Court is currently considering the case of Wellness International Network, Ltd. v. Shariff.

Read More from: Insolvency Insights

2015-03-12
Judge Drain’s recent bench rulings in Momentive Performance Materials in 2014 generated a great deal of controversy in the distressed debt world.  Distressed investors, lenders, and commentators have questioned whether the Momentive
2015-03-12
There is a leadership void in payments innovation. The Fed has the ability and the historic precedent to take up the mantle.

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2015-03-12
By trade, James Reise is an excavator who works for developers mostly in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat