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Systemic risk

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The Bair necessities

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Sheila Bair has argued that systemically important financial institutions should hold more capital as a disincentive to growth, while a new entity should be set up to manage the orderly resolution of…

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Too many cooks?

The financial crisis has revealed the failure of regulators to detect major threats to the stability of the financial system in advance. A number of new authorities are now emerging to monitor systemic risk, but is it possible problems could still fall…

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Drastic times

There is a growing consensus that large, global banking groups pose a threat to financial stability. Some have suggested large financial services groups be split up to focus on traditional markets and banking business - but is this the answer? By Duncan…

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Drastic times

There is a growing consensus that large, global banking groups pose a threat to financial stability. Some have suggested large financial services groups be split up to focus on traditional markets and banking business - but is this the answer? By Duncan…

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Systemic risk capital

We have seen what can happen when the size of financial institutions rivals - or even surpasses - that of their home countries. It may be time to limit the size of institutions through imposition of systemic risk capital requirements, argues David Rowe

Russia opens up

Russia is moving ahead with Basel II implementation, with a new industry working group and new regulatory rules. Ellen Davis reports

Basel II is a key driver for real-time info

Speakers at the Cable & Wireless roundtable on real-time information in mid-September all agreed that real-time information (RTI) would help banks manage liquidity, minimise risk and improve operational efficiencies. They also agreed that one of the key…

Op risk charge flawed, says State Street

WASHINGTON, DC - "It is difficult to see how a regulatory operational risk-based capital rule would have promoted the financial system’s rapid recovery on 9/11," said David Spina, chairman and chief executive officer of State Street Corporation, the…

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