We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and insurers differs, an interesting question from a supervisory point of view is the risk reduction that derives from diversification within large banks and financial...

From Risk to Opportunity: A Framework for Sustainable Finance presents the switch from traditional finance to sustainable finance. While financial institutions have started to avoid unsustainable companies from a risk perspective (Sustainable Finance 1.0 and 2.0), The frontrunners are now...

Climate change has become highly relevant for central banks, with new methods to assess the impact of climate-related shocks on the financial system developing rapidly. This paper analyzes the conceptual steps in Climate Risk Stress Testing (CRST), which is a tool to assess the impact of...

On September 3-4, 2009 SUERF and Utrecht University School of Economicsorganized the Colloquium "The Quest for Stability" in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium.

On September 3-4, 2009 SUERF and Utrecht University School of Economicsorganized the Colloquium "The Quest for Stability" in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium.

Financial supervision focuses on the aggregate (macroprudential) in addition to the individual (microprudential). But an agreed framework for measuring and addressing financial imbalances is lacking. We propose a holistic approach for the financial system as a whole, beyond banking. Building on...