scholarly journals Disclosure of risk information in the European banking sector

2016 ◽  
pp. 350-366
Author(s):  
Emilia Klepczarek
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
European Banking ◽  
Adequate Quantity ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Risk Disclosures ◽  
Working Out

A debate on the scope of bank information disclosures seems to be essential, especially after the Global Financial Crisis. The adequate quantity of data provided to the public domain is a condition of transparency of the banking sector which should assure the optimization of market participants’ decisions. There is also a tendency to unify global accountancy standards, and they are expected to ensure the same scope of disclosed information for the global financial market. The aim of the study is to investigate if there are any differences with the number of risk disclosures among the banks using GAAP and IFRS accounting standards, and if more stable banking sectors tend to report a wider scope of data. Finding out the nature of the determinants of disclosures is an important aspect in terms of working out the procedures which will increase the transparency and stability of the financial markets.

Global Financial Crisis: Exploring the Special Role of U.S. Banks and Regulations

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabila Nisha
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Subprime Lending ◽  
International Banking ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Financial markets have suffered the greatest dislocation following the truly seismic significance of the global financial crisis. Regulators argue that the banking sector played a particularly special role in triggering the causes of the subprime debacle, thereby leading to the occurrence of the global financial crisis. Banks previously functioned as only a financial intermediary, but certain developments in the international banking sector like deregulation, technological progress, consolidation and competition, securitisation and financial innovation, resulted in banks being involved in subprime lending activities and hence, a reason behind the financial turmoil. The aim of this paper is to scrutinise the special role of banks in the global financial crisis and to stress on the need for increased regulation and their implications on the banking sector. The current study will thus contribute to the examination of the salient features of the global financial crisis and provide regulatory suggestions for the banking sector and the government as a whole.

Transparency of Financial Regulation

2014 ◽  
pp. 257-285
Author(s):  
James R. Barth ◽  
Apanard (Penny) Prabha ◽  
Clas Wihlborg
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Regulation ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Regulatory Environment ◽  
Basel Iii ◽  
The Public ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This chapter explores the concept of transparency in financial regulation from the perspective of the public. It looks at the role of risk assessment in transparency and the regulatory environment as well as the importance of pluralism in competition in the financial sector. The chapter first considers the meaning of “transparency of financial regulation” and its relation to simplicity. It then traces the progression of the Basel capital adequacy framework from Basel I to Basel III, along with the sources of lack of transparency in the framework. It also presents data showing the lack of transparency in the Basel Capital Accord and countries’ regulatory responses to the global financial crisis. Differences in the implementation of regulation regarding systemically important financial institutions are outlined. Finally, it discusses recent proposals for the separation or separability of financial activities with the goal of enhancing the transparency of banks’ activities for both market participants and resolution authorities.

scholarly journals Common Ownership Patterns in the European Banking Sector—The Impact of the Financial Crisis1

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Banal-Estañol ◽  
Nuria Boot ◽  
Jo Seldeslachts
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Common Ownership ◽  
European Banking ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Capital Injections ◽  
Ownership Patterns

Abstract We provide a description of ownership patterns in the top 25 European banks for the period 2003–2015, where we especially focus on the global financial crisis. Investment managers, such as Blackrock, are dominant in terms of number of blockholdings in different banks, maintaining fairly stable “common ownership” networks throughout our sample. However, the financial crisis led to capital injections by governments in several banks in trouble, which in turn led to a jump in holdings by governments, which typically are “non-common owners” (i.e., they hold only shares in only one bank). This jump translated into these investors temporarily being the top investor with a large share, and non-common owners being the majority among large shareholders. A brief comparison with US banks uncovers large ownership differences between the European and US banking sectors. We briefly discuss what these ownership patterns might imply for competition, stability and performance in the banking industry.

scholarly journals Zehn Jahre nach Ausbruch der Finanzkrise – viel erreicht, noch viel zu tun

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Felix Rutkowski ◽  
Alexander Schäfer ◽  
Isabel Schnabel
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Banking Union ◽  
European Banking Union ◽  
Regulation And Supervision ◽  
European Banking ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Zusammenfassung: Die globale Finanzkrise und die Krise im Euroraum offenbarten deutliche Schwächen in der Bankenregulierung und -aufsicht. Drei wesentliche Reformstränge sollen das Finanzsystem stärken: die Erhöhung der Eigenkapitalanforderungen für Banken, die Gründung der Europäischen Bankenunion und die Einführung einer makroprudenziellen Regulierung und Aufsicht. Diese Reformen stellen zwar erhebliche Fortschritte dar, sie reichen jedoch nicht aus. Die Eigenkapitalanforderungen sollten vor allem für große Banken stärker erhöht werden. Um den Staaten-Banken-Nexus zu durchbrechen, sollten die Privilegierung von Staatsanleihen in der Bankenregulierung beendet und die Glaubwürdigkeit des Abwicklungsregimes erhöht werden. Eine wirksame makroprudenzielle Aufsicht erfordert eine Ausweitung des Instrumentenkastens sowieeine stärkere Berücksichtigung von Finanzinstitutionen außerhalb des Bankensektors. Rufen nach einer Deregulierung im Finanzsystem ist eine Absage zu erteilen. Summary: The global financial crisis and the euro area crisis revealed clear weaknesses in banking regulation and supervision. Three major reform strands shall strengthen the financial system: an increase in capital requirements for banks, the establishment of the European Banking Union, and the introduction of macroprudential regulation and supervision. While these reforms are significant advances, they are not sufficient. Capital requirements should be increased more, especially for large banks. To break the sovereign-bank nexus, the regulatory privileges for sovereign exposures of banks should be removed and the credibility of the bank resolution regime should be fostered. An effective macroprudential supervision requires an expanded toolkit and an additional focus on financial institutions beyond the banking sector. Calls for deregulation in the financial system should be rejected.

German banking sector will see greater consolidation

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Savings Banks ◽  
Distinctive Structure ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The Eu

Subject Germany’s banking sector. Significance The German banking sector emerged from the global financial crisis largely unscathed. Its distinctive structure, underpinned by prudent risk-taking and heavy public sector involvement, was key in supporting Germany’s remarkable economic recovery from the crisis -- but it is slowly changing. Impacts Consolidation will erode the political heft of the banking sector, especially that of the public savings banks. A politically weakened banking sector might make banking reform at the EU level somewhat easier to achieve. Brexit will put financial regulators under pressure; officials will struggle with the scale of UK financial services relocating to Germany.

scholarly journals Blockchain, Securities Markets, and Central Banking

2019 ◽  
pp. 213-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandros L. Seretakis
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Clearing And Settlement ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Distributed ledger technology, a variant of which is blockchain technology, represents one of the most important innovations of the FinTech revolution. Academics, policy-makers, and market participants are experimenting with the technology with the aim of enhancing the functioning of financial markets. Industry consortia are being formed by the biggest financial institutions in the world seeking to leverage the use of the technology, in order to improve the clearing and settlement process. Furthermore, central banks in advanced and developing economies are examining the potential of using the technology in market infrastructures operated by central banks and are even exploring the possibility of issuing digital base money. Nevertheless, the widespread adoption of distributed ledger technology as envisioned by its ardent supporters encounters considerable legal obstacles, including the numerous new regulations imposed on financial markets and market participants in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. This chapter seeks to disentangle the myths from the realities of the so-called distributed ledger technology or blockchain revolution and discusses how the legal regime can act both as an impediment and a catalyst to the widespread adoption of the technology.

Ocena antykryzysowej polityki gospodarczej Stanów Zjednoczonych i wybranych państw członkowskich Unii Europejskiej w latach 2005–2014

2016 ◽  
pp. 26-46
Author(s):  
Marcin Jan Flotyński
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Union ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
High Volatility ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Domestic Products

The global financial crisis in 2007–2009 began a period of high volatility on the financial markets. Specifically, it caused an increased amplitude of fluctuations of the level of gross domestic products, the level of investment and consumption and exchange rates in particular countries. To address the adverse market circumstances, governments and central banks took actions in order to bolster the weakening global economy. The aim of this article is to present the anti-crisis actions in the United States and selected member states of the European Union, including Poland, and an assessment of their efficiency. The analysis conducted indicates that generally the actions taken in the United States in response to the crisis were faster and more adequate to the existing circumstances than in the European Union.

Financialization

2018 ◽  
pp. 276-290
Author(s):  
Ravi Roy ◽  
Thomas D. Willett
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Capital Mobility ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Globalization ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
National Economies ◽  
Global Financial System

The size and scope of financial sectors throughout the world have grown exponentially in tandem with the rise of globalization and increased capital mobility. The terms “economic globalization” and “financialization” are often discussed as inextricably related phenomena. Although the rapid increase in the number and variety of financial services and products during the past four decades has helped spur economic growth and create wealth on an unprecedented scale, the devastating fallout from the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, and the economic turbulence that followed, demonstrates how poorly managed financial sectors can simultaneously cause enormous pain. This chapter argues that if the opportunities created by economic globalization and financialization are to be maximized, while at the same tempering volatile financial markets, then the global financial system (and the national economies connected with it) must be fundamentally restructured. A number of ways that should be taken under consideration are discussed.

COVID -19 and Indian Financial Markets: A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Kamaldeep Kaur Sarna
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 is aptly stated as a Black Swan event that has stifled the global economy. As coronavirus wreaked havoc, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted globally, unemployment rate soared high, and economic recovery still seems a far-fetched dream. Most importantly, the pandemic has set up turbulence in the global financial markets and resulted in heightened risk elements (market risk, credit risk, bank runs etc.) across the globe. Such uncertainty and volatility has not been witnessed since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. The spread of COVID-19 has largely eroded investors’ confidence as the stock markets neared lifetimes lows, bad loans spiked and investment values degraded. Due to this, many turned their backs on the risk-reward trade off and carted their money towards traditionally safer investments like gold. While the banking sector remains particularly vulnerable, central banks have provided extensive loan moratoriums and interest waivers. Overall, COVID-19 resulted in a short term negative impact on the financial markets in India, though it is making a way towards V-shaped recovery. In this context, the present paper attempts to identify and evaluate the impact of the pandemic on the financial markets in India. Relying on rich literature and live illustrations, the influence of COVID-19 is studied on the stock markets, banking and financial institutions, private equities, and debt funds. The paper covers several recommendations so as to bring stability in the financial markets. The suggestions include, but are not limited to, methods to regularly monitor results, establishing a robust mechanism for risk management, strategies to reduce Non-Performing Assets, continuous assessment of stress and crisis readiness of the financial institutions etc. The paper also emphasizes on enhancing the role of technology (Artificial Intelligence and Virtual/Augmented Reality) in the financial services sector to optimize the outcomes and set the path towards recovery.

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