Financial Stability
Risky firms can transmit financial cycle – BIS paper
Authors find smaller, younger firms are more likely to tap into global markets during risk-on phases, creating vulnerabilities
Basel Committee highlights best practice for early intervention
Supervisors have become more forward looking and adopted new tools since 2008 in a bid to catch trouble early
BoE: UK-based financial firms will face same regulations during transition period
“Back-stop” will be available if withdrawal agreement is not ratified - BoE
Official inquiry finds ‘evidence of misconduct’ by Australia’s largest banks
Four largest banks may have continuously breached credit issuance legislation
Europe’s CCP recovery rules draw fire
CCPs and clearing members unhappy with proposed allocation of non-default losses
BoE outlines DLT proof of concept
Participants will access cloud-based platform which will simulate new RTGS system
UK crime agency probes possible fraud against National Bank of Angola
Former Angola central bank governor indicted amid $500 million fraud allegations
Dudley outlines tougher incentives to make bankers behave
New York Fed chief says compensation could be linked to banks’ loss absorbency
DLT offers new possibilities for securities settlement, says ECB and BoJ team
Second phase of ‘Project Stella’ looks at delivery versus payment on three DLT platforms
Communications on financial stability should be strengthened
The IMF’s Olga Stankova outlines how central banks and other official agencies can better communicate their financial stability work
Mifid transparency has failed so far, say traders
Poor-quality, inaccessible data and the lack of instruments covered undermine use case
Ukrainian central bank criticises lawmakers for failing to reform state-owned banks
Draft law aimed to protect country’s largest banks from ‘political impact’, NBU says
Book notes: Respectable banking, by Anthony Hotson
The author’s sensible goal of “respectable banking” is admirable, but the recommendations would not all help to achieve this
Basel Committee adds ‘amber zone’ in market risk revamp
“Amber zone” will protect near-miss desks, but regulators not convinced by complaints on non-modellable risk factors
Myanmar central bank opens up more room for foreign banks
Seven foreign banks received a long-awaited approval to provide trade finance to local exporters
Canada’s Wilkins calls for improved macro frameworks
Bank of Canada deputy highlights the importance of better models and improved data in understanding impact of monetary policy on stability
Slovene governor quits post after receiving death threats
Governor Jazbec says threats come from “bailed-in” bond and shareholders; criticises article by presidential adviser
Supervision hampered by fragmented banking regulation – Lautenschläger
Current framework needs wider scope to secure a safer financial system, ECB supervisor says
Latin American markets were hit by 2010 US ‘flash crash’, DNB paper finds
Fall was driven by equities markets’ interdependence, not contagion, researcher argues