scholarly journals Handle with Care

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Valencia ◽  
Richard Varghese ◽  
Weijia Yao ◽  
Juan Yepez
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Financial Measures ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Bank Capital Regulation ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Financial Regulatory ◽  
Liquidity Regulation

The policy response to the COVID-19 shock included regulatory easing across many jurisdictions to facilitate the flow of credit to the economy and mitigate a further ampli-fication of the shock through tighter financial conditions. Using an intraday event study,this paper examines how stock prices—a key driver in financial conditions—reacted to regulatory easing announcements in a sample of 18 advanced economies and 8 emerging markets. The paper finds that overall, regulatory easing announcements contributed to looser financial conditions, but effects varied across sectors and tools. Financial regulatory easing led to lower valuations for financial sector stocks, and higher valuations for non-financial sector stocks, particularly for industries that are more dependent on bank financing. Furthermore, valuations declined and financial conditions tightened following announcements related to easier bank capital regulation while equity valuation rose and financial conditions loosened after those about liquidity regulation. Effects from non-regulatory financial measures appear to be generally more muted.

Handle with Care: Regulatory Easing in Times of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Valencia ◽  
Richard Varghese ◽  
Weijia Yao ◽  
Juan F. Yépez
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Capital Regulation ◽  
Policy Response ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Bank Capital Regulation ◽  
Advanced Economies ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Liquidity Regulation

Abstract The policy response to the COVID-19 shock included regulatory easing across many jurisdictions to facilitate the flow of credit to the economy and mitigate a further amplification of the shock through tighter financial conditions. Using an intraday event study, this paper examines how stock prices – a key driver of financial conditions – reacted to regulatory easing announcements in a sample of 18 advanced economies and 8 emerging markets. It finds that regulatory easing announcements contributed to looser financial conditions but effects varied across sectors and tools. News about regulatory easing led to lower valuations for financial sector stocks, mainly in jurisdictions with relatively lower capital buffers. These results stand in stark contrast with valuations of non-financial sector stocks, which increased in response to regulatory relief announcements, particularly in industries that are more dependent on bank financing. The effects also differed across tools. Valuations declined and financial conditions tightened following announcements related to easier bank capital regulation while equity valuation rose and financial conditions loosened after those about liquidity regulation.

scholarly journals Evolución del proceso de regulación bancaria hasta Basilea-2 : origen, características y posibles efectos

2006 ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Cristina Gutierrez López ◽  
José Miguel Fernández Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Financial Innovation ◽  
Market Discipline ◽  
Financial Intermediaries ◽  
Capital Regulation ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Basel Accords ◽  
Bank Capital Regulation ◽  
New Basel Capital Accord ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Financial Regulatory

El sistema finaciero se prepara para afrontar los retos derivados del Nuevo Acuerdo de Capitales aprobado en 2004, que viene a culminar un proceso de regulación financiera definido por la exigencia de capital como expresión de la solvencia. Esta evolución ha dado respuesta a la actividad de los intermediarios financieros, los cambios debidos a la globalización e innovación financiera, y los nuevos riesgos que han surgido en consecuencia. Además, se incorpora la supervisión a través del regulador y de la disciplina de mercado. El artículo resume las características de la regulación de capital bancario, hasta llegar al capital ajustado al riesgo que caracteriza los Acuerdos elaborados desde Basilea, para detallar después los contenidos del Nuevo Acuerdo, sus fortalezas y debilidades, así como su posibles efectos.<br /><br />The financial system is ready to face the challenges derived from the New Basel Capital Accord issued in 2004, which reflects the financial regulatory process characterized by the need of maintaining capital as expression of solvency. This evolution has responded to financial intermediaries activity, changes due to globalization and financial innovation, and the new risks which have came across. Additionally, it includes the supervison aspect through regulators and market discipline. This paper summarizes the characteristics of bank capital regulation, in order to explain risk-based-capital in the Basel Accords, putting forward the New Accord content, as well as its strengths, weaknesses, and possible effects.

OPTIMAL BANK CAPITAL AND IMPACT OF THE MM THEOREM: A STUDY OF THE PAKISTANI FINANCIAL SECTOR

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750008
Author(s):  
SUMERA ANIS ◽  
ABDUL RASHID
Keyword(s):  
Banking Industry ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Equity Capital ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Credit Supply ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Loan Growth ◽  
Bank Spreads ◽  
Stability And Resilience

The financial sector of Pakistan is showing stability and resilience to financial shocks. Further, with increased ratios for equity capital, its performance is robust and strong. Globally improved financial conditions are also benefiting it. The banking industry is working under competitive environment that is further illustrated by low bank spreads, lower figures for non-performing loans, higher capital adequacy ratios and increased total assets. This study is done with the aim to investigate the newly recommended capital obligations by Basel III, which has created a debate for and against it. It is argued that it will lead to increased lending rate and shrink loan growth and credit supply. Proposed higher capital levels will increase marginal cost for funds which will result in higher rates for lending. For Pakistani banks, this study depicts that overall changes are negligible if funding mixture is changed. Further, the modigliani and miller (MM) offset is illustrating its full impact.

scholarly journals A Macroeconomic Model With Financially Constrained Producers and Intermediaries

Econometrica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 1361-1418
Author(s):  
Vadim Elenev ◽  
Tim Landvoigt ◽  
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crises ◽  
Capital Requirements ◽  
Financial Fragility ◽  
Financial Intermediaries ◽  
Capital Regulation ◽  
Sharp Change ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Bank Capital Regulation

How much capital should financial intermediaries hold? We propose a general equilibrium model with a financial sector that makes risky long‐term loans to firms, funded by deposits from savers. Government guarantees create a role for bank capital regulation. The model captures the sharp and persistent drop in macro‐economic aggregates and credit provision as well as the sharp change in credit spreads observed during financial crises. Policies requiring intermediaries to hold more capital reduce financial fragility, reduce the size of the financial and non‐financial sectors, and lower intermediary profits. They redistribute wealth from savers to the owners of banks and non‐financial firms. Pre‐crisis capital requirements are close to optimal. Counter‐cyclical capital requirements increase welfare.

scholarly journals Dimensions of bank capital regulation: A cross-country analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matej Marinc ◽  
Mojmir Mrak ◽  
Vasja Rant
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Capital Regulation ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Level Playing Field ◽  
Playing Field ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Bank Capital Regulation ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Eu

This paper identifies the main dimensions of capital regulation. We use survey data from 142 countries from the World Bank?s (2013) database covering various aspects of bank regulation. Using multiple explorative factor analysis, we identify two main dimensions of capital regulation: complexity of capital regulation and stringency of capital regulation. We show that even countries with a common legal and regulatory framework differ substantially in terms of capital regulation. For example, the level of stringency of capital regulation varies substantially across the EU countries, potentially distorting the level playing field.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR BANK CAPITAL REGULATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (36) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
V. Kovalenko ◽  
S. Sheludko ◽  
N. Radova ◽  
F. Murshudli ◽  
K. Gonchar
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Capital Regulation ◽  
Bank Capital ◽  
Banking Supervision ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Bank Capital Regulation

The paper analyzes the evolution of the introduction of international standards for bank capital regulation. The aim of the research is to study international standards for bank capital regulation and their impact on financial stability and sustainability of domestic banking systems. The 2007—2009 Global Financial Crisis was perhaps the greatest banking and financial crisis since bank failures and the financial panic of the Great Depression in early 1930s. According to academics and professionals, there has been much debate over the last decade as to whether the 2007—2009 banking crisis was primarily a solvency crisis or a liquidity crisis. Capital adequacy of banks today is the main indicator of increasing society’s confidence in banking systems. The flexible and balanced implementation of Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) recommendations on the assessment of bank capital adequacy is of particular importance in the context of the deepening economic crisis caused by COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. Regulation of bank capital is primarily settles by the ability to execute basic functions inherent in it. A number of shocks in connection with the crisis require the renewal and search for a new paradigm of regulation, which today is focused on achieving financial stability, overcoming pro-cyclicality, especially in the banking sector. One of the latest developments in the field of bank capital regulation has been the implementation of international banking supervision standards recommended by BCBS, which have been transformed from Basel I, Basel II, Basel III, Basel 3.5 to Basel IV. The new ideology suggests that in times of financial and economic crisis or in anticipation of growing uncertainty in the economy, it is necessary to abandon the idea of bank capital management and the creation of financial reserves to maintain liquidity and stability of financial institutions. These measures will not be able to protect the bank from default and bankruptcy. This ideology has become a new paradigm of effective banking regulation, which can be formulated as an accepted set of three vectors: risk; risk management; risk-oriented supervision.

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