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Regulatory Cycles: Revisiting the Political Economy of Financial Crises

15 January 2018

The IMF paper examines the political economy of financial policy during ten financial booms and busts, and presents consistent evidence of pro-cyclical regulatory policies by governments. It shows that in…

Upgrading the current EU Resolution Framework – a Focus on Bail-in and Precautionary Recapitalization

16 November 2017

papers, publications, regulation

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The policy paper describes various shortcomings in the current BRRD/SRMR framework that should be addressed. Recent case studies suggest that any pledge to avoid bailouts in the future is strictly…

BIS says to complete regulatory reform agenda in 2016

5 April 2016

regulation, speeches

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Secretary General William Coen in a speech said that one of the main goals is to address excessive variability in risk-weighted assets modelled by banks. He also said that the BCBS defines…

BCBS report on risk-weighted assets in the banking book

1 April 2016

documents, regulation, reports

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The report finds a reasonable relationship between estimates of probabilities of default and actual default rates. It also evaluates the variability in estimates of exposure at default for all asset…

Benefits and costs of higher capital requirements for banks

1 March 2016

papers, regulation

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The author derives new estimates of the likely economic losses both from banking crises and from increasing bank capital requirements. According to the paper, a socially optimal level of bank capital…

TLAC/MREL: making failure possible?

1 March 2016

analysis, publications, regulation

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The Finance Watch policy brief is a valuable in-depth description and analysis of TLAC/MREL, pointing to some substantial deficiencies. It provides an update on recent developments in the area of bank recovery and…

Systemic risks and banks´capital: a well-meaning illusion?

26 February 2016

blog, opinion, regulation

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Are the capital requirements high enough and a sufficient buffer in a next crisis? No one can seriously answer the question how much and which capital is exactly necessary. But looking…

Neel Kashkari calls to break the biggest U.S. banks

16 February 2016

blog, financial stability, opinion, regulation, speeches

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According to FED of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari, former U.S. state secretary and vice president at Goldman Sachs, new rules and banking regulation are not sufficient for the biggest banks in…

The missed opportunity and challenge of capital regulation

15 December 2015

papers, regulation

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The author says that Basel 3 capital requirements are inadequate for several reasons. i. Required equity levels are much too low, ii. use of complex manipulable risk weights that ignore some risks…

Reducing excessive variability in banks’ regulatory capital ratios

12 November 2014

financial stability, regulation, reports

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A BCBS report sets out measures to improve consistency and comparability in bank capital ratios, including policy proposals to revise the standardised approaches for calculating regulatory capital ratios, and reducing…

Regulatory Cycles: Revisiting the Political Economy of Financial Crises

Upgrading the current EU Resolution Framework – a Focus on Bail-in and Precautionary Recapitalization

BIS says to complete regulatory reform agenda in 2016

BCBS report on risk-weighted assets in the banking book

Benefits and costs of higher capital requirements for banks

TLAC/MREL: making failure possible?

Systemic risks and banks´capital: a well-meaning illusion?

Neel Kashkari calls to break the biggest U.S. banks

The missed opportunity and challenge of capital regulation

Reducing excessive variability in banks’ regulatory capital ratios

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