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Uruguay; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Payment Systems
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Improved liquidity and capital adequacy have increased the Uruguayan banking system’s capacity to withstand shocks. However, macroeconomic and financial risks remain owing to the high level of government debt, guarantees to state banks, high dollarization, and a high share of nonresident...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242976
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Jamaica; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supe...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper discusses key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment on the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision, the Committee for Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems, and IMF Monetary and Financial Policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244726
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Possible Unintended Consequences of Basel III and Solvency II
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
In today's financial system, complex financial institutions are connected through an opaque network of financial exposures. These connections contribute to financial deepening and greater savings allocation efficiency, but are also unstable channels of contagion. Basel III and Solvency II should...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203537
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The New Capital Adequacy Framework; Institutional Constraints and Incentive Structures
Karacadag, Cem; Taylor, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
—regulatory versus economic capital, and rules-based versus process-oriented regulation. On minimum capital standards, the case for using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768910
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Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America?
Cosimano, Thomas F.; Chami, Ralph; Barajas, Adolfo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Drawing from a unique data set comprising 2,893 banks and 152 countries over the period 1987 to 2000, we test whether the adoption of the Basel Accord by Latin American and Caribbean countries was responsible for the serious slowdowns in credit growth experienced by these countries. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248279
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What Caused the Global Financial Crisis; Evidenceon the Drivers of Financial Imbalances 1999: 2007
Merrouche, Ouarda; Nier, Erlend - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
) monetary policy that might have been too loose, (iii) inadequate supervision and regulation. Panel data regressions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727817
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Global Financial Regulatory Reform; Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Rennhack, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has weathered the global financial crisis reasonably well so far, although tighter global financial conditions began to take their toll on trade, capital flows and economic growth in late 2008. This resilience reflects the reforms put in place by many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245864
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Regulatory Capture in Banking
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
. It is shown that such "regulatory capture" in banking does not imply ineffectual regulation; a "captured" regulator may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264136
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The Causes of the Financial Crisis
Hellwig, Martin - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 4, pp. 12-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013148
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Determinants of Structured Finance Issuance - A Cross-Country Comparison
Schuetz, Sebastian A. - 2011
understanding for the motivation to originate securitization products is less discovered. Therefor this paper tries to identify main … to securitize that are in line with observable behavior of market participants. US banks use securitization mainly as … credit risk transfer instrument and to increase performance, while European originators focus on regulatory capital arbitrage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010614506