Capital structure theories seek to explain why businesses choose different mixes of debt and equity to finance their operations. Banking firms represent a special case because of certain unique ...

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Capital structure refers to the mix of funding sources a company uses to finance its assets and its operations. The sources typically can be bucketed into equity and debt. Using internally generated ...

Deutsche Bank AGDB0.21%increase; green up pointing triangle is taking advantage of the stabilization in European debt markets to sell new bonds and boost its capital buffers. The German lender is ...

Following the COVID shock, supervisors encouraged banks to use capital buffers to support the recovery. However, banks have been reluctant to do so. Provided the market expects a bank to rebuild its ...