The global financial crisis has led to increased attention on the relationship of household indebtedness and systemic risks. As a result, macroprudential measures aimed at reducing the risks have been introduced in many countries. This note reviews the recent empirical literature on these...

Cyber-attacks on financial institutions and financial market infrastructures are becomingmore common and more sophisticated. Risk awareness has been increasing, firms activelymanage cyber risk and invest in cybersecurity, and to some extent transfer and pool theirrisks through cyber liability...

Macroprudential oversight in Italy combines local elements with the European framework. At a local level, financial stability is a shared responsibility between Banca d'Italia (BdI), which is the national central bank and the prudential authority for banks and other financial institutions, the...

Post-crisis financial regulatory reform -- Strengthening capital and liquidity requirements -- Regulatory framework beyond capital and liquidity -- Managing systemic risk through macroprudential policy -- Macroprudential policy -- Early warning systems -- Stress testing programme -- Tools for...

The institutional framework for Macroprudential Policies (MaPP) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the Hong Kong SAR) is well established. According to the Basic Law, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR shall on its own formulate monetary and financial policies. The Financial...