Non-bank sector
Carstens calls for ‘greater realism’ on what policy can deliver
Monetary policy should avoid “excessive fine-tuning”, BIS chief says
BoE official reveals details of non-bank backstop design
Bank intends to activate mechanism in crises only, despite firms’ call for standing liquidity facility
NBER paper tracks shift to ‘arms-length’ finance
Authors assess three drivers of move from bank lending to securities-based finance
Legislation needed to break non-bank deadlock – BIS’s Borio
Panellists at BoE event highlight array of shortcomings with regulatory framework
Major Chinese shadow bank files for bankruptcy
Zhongzhi Enterprise Group’s $36.5 billion shortfall raises fears of contagion from property downturn
Indian financial sector is resilient despite lower capital ratios – RBI
Banks pass stress tests, but RBI warns of decline in capital ratios and problems at some non-banks
ECB paper analyses indirect channels of interbank contagion
Eurozone’s interbank market vulnerable to sovereign debt and non-bank sector shocks, research finds
Riskiest non-banks shrink for first time since 2009
FSB says narrow measure of riskiest firms fell in 2022 as asset price falls hit investment funds
Jamaica ‘twin peaks’ law coming in 2025, official says
Central bank will oversee non-bank sector after scandal at securities firm
UK regulator proposes tougher rules for money market funds
BoE welcomes FCA move and warns of wider risk of “dysfunction” in core markets
Bank of England launches system-wide stress-test scenario
Exercise is first-of-its-kind look at macro-prudential impact of shocks to banks and non-banks
Fed’s Cook is concerned about non-banks and real estate prices
Hedge funds could rapidly pull out of Treasury cash futures market
CFPB proposes supervising large non-bank payment firms
Regulator says this is a part of a larger programme to monitor big tech
Corridor, floor, other: are operating frameworks fit for the future?
Central banks are becoming uncomfortably aware that monetary operations have ramifications well beyond setting short-term rates
CCPs’ stress-test results have improved, BoE says
UK institutions can absorb default losses and maintain liquidity better than in 2021–22, regulator says
Claudio Borio on financial cycles, operating frameworks and non-bank reform
The BIS veteran highlights a ‘unique constellation’ of challenges as central banks travel the ‘last mile’ in bringing down inflation – and says there are many more miles to go on non-bank reform
Buy side reflects on BoE’s gilt liquidity lifeline
Lending facility could prevent repeat of last year’s LDI crisis if properly designed, pension and insurance experts say
Bank of Korea continues rate pause
Central bank cites ‘uncertainties’ in deciding to hold
BoE to conduct ‘desk-based stress test’ for 2024
Financial policy committee warns of some risks in UK corporate and household finance
BoE begins work on non-bank emergency backstop
Central bank planning to roll out facility to insurers and pension funds as first step
Banks increasingly reliant on ‘flighty’ finance, BIS finds
Money market funds are taking on an even greater role as funding sources, research says
Aruba accuses Curaçao of regulatory failings
Spat between central banks comes amid ongoing problems with troubled insurer Ennia
Non-banks taking on significant ‘hidden leverage’, FSB warns
Off-balance-sheet positions have grown, but data on many parts of the system is poor
FSB chair says world faces ‘pivotal’ moment
Tight policy and slowing growth signal financial stability problems ahead, warns Klaas Knot