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ECB annual report on supervisory activities

23 March 2016

reports, supervision

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The European Central Bank published its’ second report on supervisiory activities, giving an overview on the organisational set-up, financial stability issues, proceedings and the Single Supervisory Mechanism as well as legal…

Uneasy calm gives way to turbulence

6 March 2016

analysis, reports

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In its’ quarterly review the Bank for International Settlements analyses international banking and financial market developments, warning that there is a gathering storm in the global economy, in part caused by…

The end of big banks: a reply to Neel Kashkari

29 February 2016

blog, opinion

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Simon Johnson, professor at MIT Sloan and a former chief economist of the IMF, says that Kashkari is proposing exactly the right approach with his initiative: to hold public conferences…

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…

SSM SREP methodology booklet – ICAAP and ILAAP expectations

19 February 2016

documents, supervision

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The ECB published a SSM SREP methodology booklet describing the supervisory review and evaluation process. General purpose is to set a level playing field, high standards of supervision and sound risk assessment. Before,…

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…

Response: German banks association criticises regulatory burden

12 February 2016

blog, opinion

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The German Banking Industry Committee says that the costs generated by implementing the regulatory requirements pose a significant challenge, especially for small banks. In deed, regulation should not aim at ever rising…

Ending too-big-to-fail by breathing life into “living wills”

24 January 2016

blog, opinion

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Better Markets doubts that submitted living wills are credible or will do the job as intended. In a policy brief, Dennis Kelleher and Frank Medina call to breathe life into the “living…

Final TLAC standard for global systemically important banks

9 November 2015

documents, financial stability

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The Financial Stability Board published the TLAC standard which defines a minimum requirement for the instruments and liabilities that should be readily available for bail-in within resolution at G-SIBs, but…

Better Markets report: The cost of the crisis

20 July 2015

financial crisis, reports

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The report details that the 2008 financial crisis and the economic fallout it caused will cost the United States more than 20 trillion US Dollar. It is a reminder that implementation of the financial reform…

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…

Why FRSN? An illustrative reasoning

18 September 2014

blog, financial stability, opinion

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In 2014 the IMF came up with two valuable publications which are explaining the underlying motiviation of Financial Risk and Stability Network quite well. They give a good background and…

Competition in the financial markets

9 July 2014

financial stability, publications, reports

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In a report the German Monopolies Commission analyses the development and the regulation of financial markets since the outbreak of the crisis. It says that since the financial crisis core competition principles…

Too political to fail

24 June 2014

blog, opinion

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It is more than probable that the tbtf-problem will accompany us well in the future, simply because we do not see a fair and honest political willing to end it.…

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ECB annual report on supervisory activities

Uneasy calm gives way to turbulence

The end of big banks: a reply to Neel Kashkari

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

SSM SREP methodology booklet – ICAAP and ILAAP expectations

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

Response: German banks association criticises regulatory burden

Ending too-big-to-fail by breathing life into “living wills”

Final TLAC standard for global systemically important banks

Better Markets report: The cost of the crisis

Reducing excessive variability in banks’ regulatory capital ratios

Why FRSN? An illustrative reasoning

Competition in the financial markets

Too political to fail

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