Covid-19 effects on banking increase risk for investors: research

As part of the covid-19 policy solution, banks are benefiting from an easing of regulatory requirements. While this is generally supportive for banks' fundamentals, risks for some investors could increase, according to research published today by Scope Ratings. Regulators have responded quickly to ensure that banks are able to support the economy, taking measures to increase the amount of capital available to banks, easing requirements and exercising flexibility to soften the impact of expected credit losses. "While these measures are generally supportive of bank fundamentals, the imp...