In December 2013 agreement on the second pillar of the banking union was reached. The SRM sets up restructuring guidelines for banks, including a bank-paid resolution fund, fully operational in 2025. In the article we discuss how the current design of the banking union falls short of the goal of...

Die Debatte über Target 2 - das Zahlungsverkehrssystem des Europäischen Systems der Zentralbanken - hat in den vergangenen Jahren zu kontroversen Diskussionen in Deutschland geführt. Die vorliegende Studie des DIW Berlin kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass die in diesem Zusammenhang vielfach...

Im Zahlungssystem der Eurozone, Target 2, sind seit 2007 hohe Verbindlichkeiten der Krisenländer gegenüber den übrigen Mitgliedern der Währungsunion aufgelaufen. Auf dem Höhepunkt dieser Entwicklung Mitte 2012 hatte allein die Deutsche Bundesbank Target-Forderungen in Höhe von 750...

This paper explores how banks adjust their risk-based capital ratios and asset allocations following an exogenous shock to their asset quality caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. We find that independent banks based in the disaster areas increase their risk-based capital ratios after the...

The instability of banks during the recent financial crisis underlines the importance of understanding how banks determine their capital ratios. This paper conducts the first empirical assessment on how banks adjust their capital ratios following an exogenous shock to their asset risks. The...

The instability of banks during the recent financial crisis underlines the importance of understanding how banks determine their capital ratios. This paper conducts the first empirical assessment on how banks adjust their capital ratios following an exogenous shock to their asset risks. The...

This joint ECB-DNB Occasional Paper aims to inform the ongoing discussions about an EU-level framework for operationalising macroprudential leverage limits for alternative investment funds (AIFs). It builds on, and extends, the analysis of an ECB-DNB special feature article published in the...

The subprime crisis revealed that the adoption of suitable systems for the management of credit risk is of utmost concern. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (2009) advises banks to use credit portfolio models with caution when assessing the capital adequacy. This paper investigates...

The establishment of the banking union was a crucial step for European integration and for the Economic and Monetary Union. Together with stronger capital and liquidity requirements under the European single rulebook, the introduction of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and the Single Resolution...