
FSA to lenders: prepare for the worst
Lenders should also introduce more robust stress tests, to simulate long periods with only limited funding, or the effect of a bank run. "You should consider what liquidity and credit stresses would take you to the point of destruction, so that you can decide whether you are comfortable with what that implies about how you are positioning your business," Briault told lenders.
He added banks should consider whether their business models would ever be viable again, and should prepare contingency plans for winding up the business or seeking a rescue buyer in advance. "Any such plans need to be considered well before you are engulfed by a crisis, because by then it will almost certainly be too late," he said.
Briault also said current senior management are, in many cases, incompetent to deal with crises, as they had had no direct experience during the long period of market calm before this summer. Boards should consider putting management teams in place that would be better able to handle a crisis, he said.
And, while Briault emphasised that buying mortgage books was still permitted, he counselled caution. "Boards and senior management should be asking themselves whether now is the right time to be exchanging liquid cash for illiquid mortgage assets."
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