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Oceaneering Announces $300 Million Term Loan and also $500 Million Revolving Credit Arrangement.

Posted by BankInfo on Tue, Oct 28 2014 02:51 pm

Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) announced that it has entered into a new credit arrangement providing for a $300 million 3-year delayed-draw term loan & a $500 million 5-year revolving credit rating center. The new credit rating arrangement replaces a previous contract that was planned to develop on January 6, 2017. The bank's participating in the new credit report arrangement are Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ('Wells Fargo'), DNB Resources LLC, HSBC Bank USA, National Association ('HSBC'), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ('JPM'), Bank of America, N.A., Requirement Chartered Bank, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Credit Suisse AG, and also Barclays Bank PLC. The amount available under the revolving credit facility center could be improved to as much as $800 million at any moment after the arrangement of Oceaneering and existing or additional lenders.

Loanings under the new credit arrangement will certainly be used to re-finance advances outstanding under the prior contract and for other general company purposes. Wells Fargo Stocks, LLC, DNB Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Stocks LLC, and HSBC Securities (U.S.A) Inc. acted as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the new credit rating arrangement. Wells Fargo is the Administrative Agent under the new credit agreement, DNB Bank ASA is the Syndication Representative, and also HSBC and also JPM are Documentation Agents.

Robert P. Mingoia, Vice President and also Treasurer, said, 'We are very happy that our international group of banks has revealed their self-confidence in our future business prospects. The new arrangement provides us medium-term capital at eye-catching prices and, paired with our anticipated strong capital, offers us with continued economic flexibility.'

Declarations in this press release that express a belief, assumption or objective, along with those that are not historic truth, are forward looking. The positive declarations in this press release include the statements concerning Oceaneering's purposes for the new revolving credit history center, and its prepared for strong cash flow and proceeded economic flexibility. These progressive declarations are made according to the secure harbor regulations of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as well as are based upon existing information and also expectations of Oceaneering that involve a number of risks, unpredictabilities, and assumptions.

Among the factors that might create the real result in vary materially from those shown in the forward-looking statements are: industry conditions, prices of crude oil as well as natural gas, Oceaneering's ability to acquire and also the timing of new project, and also adjustments in affordable factors. Should several of these risks or unpredictabilities materialize, or need to the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements verify wrong, real results would vary materially from those shown. These as well as other risks are totally described in Oceaneering's newest annual guide on form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q submitted with the Stocks and also Exchange Compensation. Oceaneering undertakes no commitment to update or change any sort of positive statements to reflect new information or the event of unforeseen occasions or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

Oceaneering is an international provider of engineered services and products, largely to the overseas oil as well as gas sector, with a focus on deepwater applications. Through the use of its applied technology competence, Oceaneering also serves the defense, entertainment, and aerospace industries.

Deutsche Bank Facing $1.3 Billion Penalty.

Posted by BankInfo on Tue, Oct 28 2014 01:53 pm

Deutsche Bank AG (DB) is warming up to face a fine of practically 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in relation to its participation in the LIBOR rigging scandal in an examination by the Federal Reserve in addition to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Bank, together with several others, has actually been accused of controling benchmark rates of interest of global markets.

Along with the 6.1 billion euros the bank has actually currently paid since 2012 therefore numerous settlements with global financial regulatory authorities, the LIBOR settlement is regarded to lug the highest value. The German bank has actually never divulged on any kind of public platform as to the exact litigation costs it has actually suffered up to date.

European economic regulatory bodies have supposedly currently settled the concern with the Frankfurt-based bank over LIBOR as well as its Euro equivalent, Euribor, having gotten a penalty of 725 million euros. But Deutsche Bank as well as the regulatory authorities decreased to comment on the news.

On Friday, one of the bank's representatives said Deutsche has revised its legal costs numbers which are now approximated at 894 million euros ($1.13 billion) for the 3rd quarter of this year. This figure incorporates numerous legal charges, a lot of which autumn under the category of 'Not Tax-Deductible.'

Nonetheless, a silver lining for the bank was the preliminary outcomes of the stress tests launched by European Central Bank (ECB),the soon-to-be financial regulator of all Eurozone banks, which Deutsche passed with flying colors. The factor of this extreme capital assessment is to enhance banks when faced with unpleasant scenarios such as a looming economic crisis, failing markets, and also increasing product costs to name a few.

Baseding on people familiar with the details, the outcomes revealed that Deutsche exceeded most of its peers with 25 of the international lenders failing the tests. The bank has kept pro forma statements several notches above the minimum requirements set by the ECB.

Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Juergen Fitschen and co-Chief Executive Anshu Jain have had a whole lot on their plate since that the start of this year and are handling each issue diligently. The talented duo has actually already increased 8.5 billion euros ($10.8 billion) in new resources as well as is working toward streamlining the bank's operations.

The release by ECB revealed that Deutsche Bank had achieved success in keeping an equity proportion of 8.8 percent compared to ECB's worst-scenario demand of 5.5 percent.

Furthermore, Germany's earliest bank reported a tier I common equity ratio of 12.6 % for the baseline situation which postured a moderate economic growth.

This detailed review is based upon last year's financial standing of global banks based in the European area. Recently performed by the European Bankng Authority, the test will be made the obligation of the ECB on November 4, 2014.

Exactly how Wal-Mart Would Change the Landscape of American Banking.

Posted by BankInfo on Mon, Oct 27 2014 10:42 am

The banking sector has actually fought tooth and nail to keep Wal-Mart from infringing on its area. Yet while the globe's biggest retailer was kept at bay for 2 decades, its current collaboration with Green Dot Bank reveals that the Arkansas-based business remains to harbor layouts on the financial services industry.

At the end of September, the companies revealed the across the country rollout of GoBank, a checking account product offered solely on Wal-Mart's shelves. According to the press release, a GoBank account won't bill overdraft account fees, minimum equilibrium fees, or monthly charges with qualifying direct deposits: it will be readily available all over the country by the end of this month.

'Wal-Mart clients wish much easier ways to manage their day-to-day funds as well as progressively feel they merely aren't getting worth from conventional banking because of high fees,' noted a Wal-Mart spokesperson. 'Including the GoBank checking account to our racks suggests our consumers will certainly have unique access to among the most economical, inclusive and easy-to-use checking accounts in the sector.'

Foreign Central Banks Reduced US Bond Stakes to Most Affordable Since May

Posted by BankInfo on Mon, Oct 27 2014 10:15 am

Foreign central banks slashed their holdings of UNITED STATE Treasuries at the Federal Reserve to their lowest level since May, Fed information released on Thursday revealed.

Analysts said the decrease in UNITED STATE government bond holdings most likely stemmed from a mix of elements consisting of reserving earnings on the recent rally in Treasuries, as well as the dollar which hit a four-plus year top earlier this month.

'Some central banks could be marketing dollar to jail its increase versus their moneys. While export-oriented countries generally like a more powerful dollar, they do not want it climb as well quick considering that they would make some imports quite expensive," said Christopher Low, chief economist at FTN Financial.

Foreign central bank's holdings of Treasuries at the Fed dropped $20.269 billion, which was the largest weekly decrease in seven months, to $2.961 trillion in the week finished Oct. 22.

Abroad official holdings of Treasuries decreased for a 5th straight week, totaling $69 billion.

Their stakes in U.S. agency debt declined $1.442 billion in the most up to date week to $288.081 billion. Their incorporated holdings of U.S. financial obligation at the reserve bank acquired by $21.908 billion to $3.291 trillion.

The decrease in Treasuries holdings in current weeks recommended a reversal of what took place in August when there was a $11.4 billion in net foreign authorities inflows in U.S. properties.

It also coincided with the recent pullback in the greenback. The dollar index which determines the greenback against a basket of six currencies acquired 7.7 % in the third quarter, its largest quarterly surge in 6 years. It was down 0.08 % up until now in the 4th quarter.

The Treasuries market has actually rallied given that mid-September on international economic fears and anxiety regarding the spreading of the Ebola virus and also Islamic State-led battling in the center East. The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes was up to a 16-month low recently at 1.865 % before recoiling to 2.277 % late on Thursday.

JP Morgan knew of China recruitment issues before United States inquiry.

Posted by BankInfo on Thu, Oct 23 2014 10:34 am

JP Morgan Chase executives in New york city recognized prospective problems connected to its recruitment practices in China well just before US regulatory authorities launched a query into the issue, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources and documents it reviewed.

The US Exchange and Securities Commission is examining the extent to which JP Morgan executives at its headquarters  were involved in abroad hiring, the report said.

A JP Morgan executive in Asia notified the bank's New york officials in 2011 of worries that the bank had worked with a son or daughter of a senior Chinese government official, a recruitment that helped it gain an investment-banking assignment, according to business emails examined by the Journal.

JP Morgan officials recommended changes to its employing techniques in Asia as well as the modifications formed a component of a collection of anti-corruption actions authorized by its board directors on the bank's audit committee in late 2011, baseding on the report.

Chief executive Jamie Dimon additionally understood of the anti-corruption steps as they were unveiled, baseding on the report.

US authorities have actually not charged the bank of any sort of wrongdoings yet.

A JP Morgan spokesperson decreased to discuss the story.

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