Globalisation and the governance of the international financial system have arrived at the crossroads, where either a coherent level playing field for the cross-border activities of banks and multinational enterprises is settled upon, or the risk of another crisis will build up again. This book...

One of the lessons learned from the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-9 is that minimum capital requirements are a necessary but inadequate safeguard for the stability of an intermediary. Despite the high levels of capitalization of many banks before the crisis, they too experienced serious...

Die hohe Relevanz von Bilanzstrukturrisiken im Niedrig- bzw. Negativzinsumfeld führt zu der zentralen Frage nach etwaigen Abhängigkeiten der präferierten Anlage- und Kreditlaufzeiten vom aktuellen Marktzins. Aus dieser Abhängigkeit wiederum resultiert die Frage nach der Angemessenheit der...

This book criticizes the fact that profitability measures derived from capital market models such as the Sharpe ratio and the reward-to-VaR ratio are proposed for loan portfolios, although it is not proven whether their risk-return trade-offs are optimal for banks. The authors demonstrate that...

The authors present a comprehensive and timely discussion of economic capital and financial risk management for financial services firms and conglomerates. Topics covered include: the different types of risks that firms collect; risk governance issues; how stress testing can be used to measure...

Die Entwicklung und Implementierung interner Verfahren zur Beurteilung und Sicherstellung der angemessenen ökonomischen Kapitalausstattung (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process, ICAAP), die neben der Kapitalplanung und Stresstests das Risikotragfähigkeitskonzept umfassen, bilden unter...

The estimation and validation of the Basel II risk parameters PD (default probability), LGD (loss given default), and EAD (exposure at default) is an important problem in banking practice. This book covers designing and validating rating systems and default probability estimations. Furthermore,...

The year-long consultations on Basel II mirror the international popularity of capital requirements as a regulatory instrument. Yet, the impact of capital requirements on banks' behavior is not fully understood. The aim of this study is to contribute to this understanding by answering the...

Strategic planning, including the required quantitative methods, is an essential part of bank management and control. In this book capital, risk and yield are treated comprehensively and seamlessly. And a thorough introduction to the advanced methods of risk management for all sectors of banking...

Grundlagen -- Offenlegungsrichtlinie -- Rahmenbedingungen der Risikopublizität -- Gestaltung der externen Risikoberichterstattung -- Synergiepotenziale -- Projektumsetzung -- Entwicklungstendenzen und Optimierungsbedarf -- Zusammenfassung.