To build resilience within the financial system, post-Crisis regulation relies heavily on banks to fund themselves more fully by issuing equity. This reserve of value should buttress failing banks by providing a mechanism to pay off creditors and depositors and preserve the health of financial...

It is assumed that the awarding of a "systemic importance" seal by the regulator has a positive effect on the equity value of its holder. By employing an event study analysis on a new set of regulatory announcements, we find that financial market participants react to these announcements which...