While a banking union for Europe has been discussed by economists since even before the 2007 crisis, the issue has now moved up to the top of the eurozone agenda. But what kind of banking union? For whom? Financed how? And managed by whom? These questions are explored in a new Vox eBook [...]
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Posted on January 13th, 2013
Posted on January 13th, 2013
Credit growth is widely used as an indicator of potential financial stress, and it plays a role in the new Basel III framework. However, it is not clear how good an indicator it is in markets that have been financially liberalised. The authors of this paper take a sample of 14 OECD countries [...] Posted on January 10th, 2013
The financial crisis that began in 2007 revealed that many banks, including global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), were unable to aggregate risk exposures and identify concentrations fully, quickly and accurately. This meant that banks’ ability to take risk decisions in a timely fashion was seriously impaired with wide-ranging consequences for the banks themselves [...] Posted on January 10th, 2013
A new regulatory regime is almost upon us. From April 2013, three new financial services regulatory bodies will be established. With the Financial Services Bill having received Royal Assent in December, and the FSA and Bank of England already operating to a shadow structure mirroring the new regime, the future regulatory landscape is [...] |
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