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The European stress tests have proven to be another missed opportunity.

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What are the EU bank stress tests all about?

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When the proposal for a European banking health check was floated, the concern was that it might cause panic. That\'s not how it seems now The stress tests had to clear two hurdles transparency and credibility. On transparency, there\'s a lot to cheer. The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), aware of the dangers of appearing secretive, dumped a mass of information on the market ...

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The results of the European stress tests on the banks which were published late last week continued to buoy volumes amongst the Irish banks with Bank of Ireland performing well again today.

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Analysts have lambasted Europe\'s stress tests for being too soft, with one research house arguing that Spanish lenders will need as much as 20bn ($25.8bn) more in additional capital than the amount estimated last week; while others lamented a lack of disclosure from Germany\'s banks.

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');document.write('India Planning Stress Tests for Banks Twice a Year, Financial Times Says
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India plans to conduct stress tests on its banks twice a year to check credit and interest rate risks, the Financial Times reported today, citing Duvvuri Subbarao, governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

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Despite all the grumbling over Europe\'s so-called bank \"stress tests\" being too easy to pass, the results are going a long way toward calming Europes shell-shocked financial markets.

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India plans to stress-test its banks twice a year, following the lead of US and European financial regulators.

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');document.write('AIB detailed stress test figures may be significant blow to capital-raising bid
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AIBs detailed stress test figures may be a significant blow to the lenders efforts to raise capital, NCB Stockbrokers said.

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');document.write('Stress Tests In The European Union - The Triumph Of The Financial World\'s Lobbyists
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The European stress tests failed to reveal much about the true state of the banks scrutinized. In order to prevent future crises, politicians in the European Union are pushing for tough new financial sector regulations. But the financial lobby is extremely powerful.

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