The analysis highlights the aspects of diversified market structures and of local, low-distance banking as advantageous for financial stability. Heterogeneity protects from uniform market behaviour. Local banking can better overcome the problem of asymmetric information, particular in SME...

Financial Technology (Fintech) is evolving quickly within the financial system, giving rise to new forms of lending and opening up a version of shadow banking. This is particularly true in China. While Fintech finance and shadow banks can improve a banking system, they can also become new...

This primer provides a detailed description of the GCF Repo ® Service, a financial service provided by the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation. The primer is composed of an introductory note and two separate papers. The first paper focuses on the clearance and settlement of GCF Repo. These...

Die Finanzkrise von 2007-2009 hat eine intensive Debatte über die ökonomischen Konsequenzen des fair value accounting ausgelöst. Gegner argumentieren, dass fair value accounting zerstörerisch auf die Eigenmittelausstattung von Banken wirkt und zu adversen Effekten führt. Befürworter halten...