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The Fortis Bank takeover court case demonstrates how shareholders' claims can make a merger and takeover case less speedy and, indeed, more costly. The case also raises a number of legal issues relating to corporate governance in a takeover situation such as the role of minority shareholders,...
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Formal enforcement actions issued against banks for violations of laws and regulations related to safety and soundness can theoretically have both positive and negative effects on the terms of lending. Using data on such enforcement actions issued against U.S. banks, we show that they have a...
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) defines money laundering as the processing of criminal proceeds to disguise their illegal origin. This process is of critical importance, as it enables the criminal to enjoy these profits without jeopardising their source. In the same line of thought, the...
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We investigate how supervisory enforcement actions (EAs) against banks affect their business borrowers. We find negative short-term valuation effects of EAs for large relationship borrowers, which are reversed after new loans are granted. Large non-relationship borrowers' valuations are...
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This paper reexamines whether investors value payout and why. I study abnormal stock returns around regulatory enforcement actions that restrict bank dividends and repurchases. Market reactions are significantly worse for enforced banks that pay out than for those that do not. Withstanding...
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We investigate the effect of regulatory enforcement actions on banks' reputation by estimating the effect of non-compliance with laws and regulations among lead arrangers on the structure of syndicated loans. Consistent with a regulatory reputational stigma, a punished lead arranger increases...
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regulation has been missing. Existing regulations establish numerical capital requirements. Regulators, however, have significant … the current capital regulation system. This Article provides a more complete picture of discretionary capital enforcement … role of this discretionary enforcement. It concludes that a capital regulation system that relies heavily on discretion is …
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This paper finds that the disclosure of supervisory actions by bank regulators is associated with changes in their enforcement behavior. Using a novel sample of enforcement decisions and orders (EDOs) and a change in the disclosure regime, we find that regulators issue more EDOs, intervene...
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