The Basel II Accord requires that banks and other Authorized Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs) communicate their daily risk forecasts to the appropriate monetary authorities at the beginning of each trading day, using one or more risk models to measure Value-at-Risk (VaR). The risk estimates of...

Untersuchungsgegenstand des Projekts sind die Übertragungsmechanismen (contagion) der Risiken in Finanzsystemen durch Verhaltenssymmetrien (z.B. durch Risikomodelle und ihre regulierte Umsetzung), Intransparenz (z.B. über Beteiligungsgesellschaften etwa im Bereich Private Equity) und Moral...

Instrumentell betrachtet ist die Finanzmarktkrise darauf zurückzuführen, dass zunächst eine Reihe von Kreditinstituten in Finanzinstrumente investiert hatten, deren Funktionsweise sie nicht vollständig verstanden hatten und deren Risiken sie nicht korrekt bewerten konnten. Als die ersten...

CII Introduction: The UK insurance sector lies at a critical juncture in its long and eventful history. On the one hand, insurers are feeling the recessionary pinch in the form of a capital squeeze and a hardening market, but they can still benefit from escaping the contagion in the global...

Leader's Statement of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit, What's Systemic Risk, Framework for Mitigating Systemic Risk, Japanese Safety-net for Deposit-taking Financial Institutions...

Financial crisis an insurance, Ten consequences for Risk Management and Supervision, Conclusion regarding an IGF...

Three propositions: Insurance Companies can be systemic importance; Insurance companies should be subject to tougher regulation and supervision; Risks should be assessed on a group-wise basis...

IACPM is a non-profit industry association developed to Further the management of credit exposures by providing a forum for members to exchange ideas, foster research on credit portolio management, represent members before legislative and admistrative bodies...