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.

Redefining the Role of Banking Regulation in the Banking Sector of European Union

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Violeta Todorović ◽  
Milena Jakšić ◽  
Lazar Sedlarević
Keyword(s):  
Economic Integration ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
Banking Union ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Abstract During the last two decades there have been significant changes in the structure of the banking sector at the European level. Factors such as globalization, integration and development of information technologies had a significant impact on these changes. In terms of the economic integration of Europe and structural changes, there is a need to redefine the regulatory infrastructure, due to inadequate institutional arrangements. The problem topics about reform of banking regulation and establishment of a banking union, as a new level of economic integration of Europe, has been put in the focus of interest during the global financial crisis. For this reason, the paper attempts to give a comprehensive analysis of the reasons and ways to reform regulation of the banking sector. Using a critical review of the implemented reforms of banking regulation at the national and supranational level will be reconsidered their applicability in specific problem situations and suggest measures for further improvement.

Banking Overleveraging and Macro Instability: A Model and VSTAR Estimations

2016 ◽  
Vol 236 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frauke Schleer ◽  
Willi Semmler
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Banking Union ◽  
Star Model ◽  
European Banking Union ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
European Banking ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Run Up

Abstract:Overleveraging of the banking sector has been considered one of the main causes of the 2007–09 financial crisis and the subsequent great recession. It was also of major concern for the subsequent BIS regulatory policies resulting in Basel III and its request for higher capital requirements. It has now become highly relevant for the planned European banking union. Overleveraging of the banking sector exposes the financial sector and the macroeconomy to vulnerabilities, but also, as critics state, seems to constrain credit flows to the private sector. We present here a measure of overleveraging, defined as the difference between actual and sustainable debt, conduct an empirical study on overleveraging for 40 banks in Europe, and study the vulnerabilities and credit contractions that can arise subsequently. Before the year 2004 overleveraging had not been a serious problem as leverage was on a sustainable level. However, in the run-up to the financial crisis, actual and optimal debt spread apart and the banking sector began to suffer from overleveraging. We use a non-linear Vector STAR model to evaluate the hypothesis that periods of increasing debt levels are accompanied by more severe credit constraints than periods of low leveraging. We demonstrate this for country groups across Europe.

scholarly journals ACTORS OF THE INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING SECTOR IN RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS

2019 ◽  
pp. 234-245
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Zaleska
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Deposit Insurance ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Union ◽  
Institutional Changes ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
European Banking Union ◽  
European Banking

The article presents the main European policy makers implementing the reform of the banking sector in response to the contemporary global financial crisis. The institutional changes are assessed in the paper, including the establishment of the European banking union, modifications in the EU deposit insurance systems and considerable strengthening of the role of central banks, with special focus on the European Central Bank. Moreover, potential sources of another financial crisis are identified and further institutional changes in finance are proposed.

scholarly journals Deposit flows and structure in Serbia

Bankarstvo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 68-87
Author(s):  
Milena Lazić ◽  
Ksenija Zorčić
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Banking Regulation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Deposit Guarantee Schemes

Having drawn attention to the existing banking regulation issues, the Global Financial Crisis also raised awareness of the importance of depositors' confidence for the stability of the financial system, and brought the role and significance of the deposit guarantee schemes to the fore. Serbian economy started experiencing its effects in Q4 2008, in parallel with the global spreading of the crisis. This paper focuses on the fluctuations in deposit levels and structure in the Serbian banking system, between 2008 and 2019. It also aims to underscore the importance and development perspectives of the Serbian deposit guarantee scheme.

A Decade after Lehman: An Assessment of Key Regulatory Responses to the Global Financial Crisis

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-483
Author(s):  
Andreas Kerkemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial System ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Investment Bank ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Basel Accords ◽  
Lehman Brothers ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Almost All

In September, 2008, the meltdown of the investment bank Lehman Brothers accelerated the Global Financial Crisis, which affected economies and consumers worldwide. As soon as the Global Financial Crisis broke out, governments and legislators recognized the need for macroprudential reform in order to build a resilient financial system. Today, legislators in every major jurisdiction have finalized almost all major reforms that were envisaged once it had become clear that the crisis was also due to regulatory shortcomings. The reforms especially targeted (over-the-counter) derivatives and the equity base of banks. Following an analysis of the reasons for the Global Financial Crisis and the regulatory failures that contributed to its severity this article will discuss two major legislative responses that intend to make the financial system robust – the establishment of a central dearing obligation for over-the-counter derivatives and the revised Basel Accords on capital requirements for banks.

scholarly journals Asymmetric Procyclicality of Chinese Banking and the Countercyclical Buffer of Basel III

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Yufeng Li ◽  
Zhongfei Li
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Basel Iii ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Regulatory Capital ◽  
Economy Growth ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Chinese Banking

Since the global financial crisis of 2007-2008, the importance of the procyclicality in the banking sector has been highlighted. One of the Basel III objectives is to promote countercyclical buffers and reduce procyclicality. We apply time-varying copula combined with GARCH model to test the existence of asymmetric procyclicality of Chinese banking. The results show that the procyclicality of Chinese banking is asymmetric, where the dependence between loan and economy growth is more correlated during the decline stage than the rise stage of economy. Based on this asymmetry, we suggest that the authority can use high frequent index for signalling the start point of releasing countercyclical buffer and accelerate the releasing pace to avoid the supply of credit being constrained by regulatory capital requirements in downturns.

scholarly journals Financial Stability – Comparative Analysis: Montenegro, Serbia and the Netherlands

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Vučinić
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial System ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Abstract The global financial crisis has had far-reaching effects on financial systems and economies all over the world, thus putting the importance of safeguarding financial stability in the focus of interest of the global economy. This paper presents the importance of safeguarding financial stability and building a strong financial system with developed early identification and successful management of risks, i.e. a system resilient to shocks and capable of overcoming them. The paper focus is on the issue of financial stability of Montenegro, given through comparative analysis of the financial stability safeguarding frameworks in the Netherlands and the Republic of Serbia. The paper aims to present the regulatory institutional framework for safeguarding financial stability, and the measures that the countries take in order to achieve stability of their macroeconomic environment and financial system. The comparison of the characteristics and the approach to safeguarding the banking sector is particularly emphasised due to its major influence on the financial system stability.

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.

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