The banking failures of early 2023—precipitated by the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)—served as a rude awakening for the sector, giving financial institutions extraordinary cause for ...

Sharp selloffs tend to expose weak points in financial systems. In traditional markets, liquidity can dry up quickly when volatility spikes. In crypto, the same test applies to decentralized finance, ...

Oil at $100 echoes 1973 as Bitcoin faces its biggest macro stress test yet, with $11.57B in institutional OTC accumulation reshaping supply.

Pension funds, hedge funds and other non-bank market participants need to up their game when it comes to liquidity preparedness in times of marketwide stress, the Financial Stability Board said. A ...

The Bank of England proposes new measures to ensure banks can monetize liquid assets rapidly during crises, building on ...

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), the country’s only systemically important bank, accounted for nearly 50 percent ...

Blackstone’s flagship private credit fund, BCRED, has received record redemption requests, testing investor confidence in the vehicle. To meet the elevated withdrawal demand, Blackstone and senior ...

Over the past decade, the Albanian banking sector has undergone a remarkable transformation amid strong macroeconomic performance and sound financial reforms. Nevertheless, pockets of vulnerability ...

Varenne Capital Partners, a global alternative investment manager, has chosen to leverage a partnership between its depositary, INDOS Financial, and fintech risk firm Clarus Risk, to provide a ...

Liquidity has been described by some in the market as the “fetish of the financial services industry”, while others have referred to it as “a mirage that evaporates as soon as you try to reach it”. In ...