The European Banking Authority (EBA) releases a semi-annual Risk Assessment Report which contains updates on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU banking sector. This report describes the main developments and trends that affect the EU banking sector and provide the EBA’s outlook on the main micro-prudential risks and vulnerabilities. Below you can access the Risk […]
Capital Adequacy
INFOGRAPHIC: Banks Risk Management Survey 2016 by EY
Banks have taken serious steps post-financial crisis to improve and even totally overhaul their Risk Management processes and systems . This has been an enormous challenge for banks as the industry regulation has increased exponentially post-financial crisis with capital and liquidity requirements also increasing. At the same time, CEO’s must keep their focus on increasing banking revenues to 10-15% […]
EBOOK: The Stock Market, Credit, and Capital Formation
This eBook was written by German economist Fritz Machlup. Machlup was an early Misesian who originally wrote this book as an early study in the workings of the business cycle. His main focus on this book is the investigation and explanation of the relationship between expanding credit, monetary policy, and rising stock prices. The original […]
Intelligent Risk – PRMIA – October 2016
This issue of Intelligent Risk explores strategic risk and financial institution business models, as well as offers updates on PRMIA initiatives and programs. Inside this issue: Reputational Risk – “How persistent are the effects of negative reputation events?” National differences in risk culture An interview with PRMIA Director of Learning and Development, Mary Rehm Market-risk […]
Leverage and Risk Weighted Capital Requirements
The global financial crisis has highlighted the limitations of risk-sensitive bank capital ratios. To tackle this problem, the Basel III regulatory framework has introduced a minimum leverage ratio, defined as a banks Tier 1 capital over an exposure measure, which is independent of risk assessment. Using a medium sized DSGE model that features a banking […]
Forming FRTB action plans: Tactical vs. Transformational
The formal phase of consultations between banks and regulators on Fundamental Review of Trading Book (FRTB) has ended, and the biggest change to market risk capital requirements in over a decade has been finalized. Now banks are in a race against the regulatory deadline, and must choose the most efficient path to overhaul their risk […]
SREP: How Europe’s Banks can Adapt to the New Risk-Based Supervisory Playbook
As a reminder, the main purpose of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) is to ensure that institutions have adequate arrangements, strategies, processes, systems and controls, as well as capital and liquidity, to ensure a solid coverage of their risks along with sound business management. Risks include all that the organisations might be exposed […]
MIFID (II) AND MIFIR
Whats is MiFID? MiFID is the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (2004/39/EC). It has been applicable across the European Union since November 2007. It is a cornerstone of the EU’s regulation of financial markets seeking to improve the competitiveness of EU financial markets by creating a single market for investment services and activities and to […]