Tag: capital
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Will Irish Banks need further recapitalisation? If so, who will pay?
This is a version of my column in The Irish Examiner on 6 April 2013 . It was written before the talk at the Cantillon School at which the Central Bank revealed that upwards of 25b of SME loans were now impaired. That is 50% of these loans a truly astounding percentage Back in 2011 Blackrock…