Implementation of Basel Accords in Bangladesh
Implementation of Basel Accords in Bangladesh

Author: A K M Kamrul Hasan

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-29

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 9811634726

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This book analyzes the impact of Basel Accord in Bangladesh. More specifically, it focuses on the credit risk homogenization under standardized approach of Basel Accord where External Credit Rating Agencies (ECAIs) are allowed to rate the exposures, the potential risk of allowing sub-ordinated debt (Sub-debt) as Tier 2 capital, and multiple bank distress cases as a real-world scenarios. In doing so, the book explores why the ECAIs rating fail to capture the real credit risk of exposure and to what extent sub-debt is reliable as regulatory capital. With that, the book's scope is categorized into three tracts (i) analyzes the ECAIs incentive and sanction issues from institutional economics perspective (ii) discusses the ill-impact of Naïve adoption of sub-ordinated debt as regulatory capital and its associated risk on financial system, and (iii) providing readers an empirical illustrations of bank distress when an economy tapped into institutional failures in the above-mentioned tracts (i) and (ii).

Basel III and Bank-Lending: Evidence from the United States and Europe
Basel III and Bank-Lending: Evidence from the United States and Europe

Author: Mr.Sami Ben Naceur

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2017-11-15

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 1484328302

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Using data on commercial banks in the United States and Europe, this paper analyses the impact of the new Basel III capital and liquidity regulation on bank-lending following the 2008 financial crisis. We find that U.S. banks reinforce their risk absorption capacities when expanding their credit activities. Capital ratios have significant, negative impacts on bank-retail-and-other-lending-growth for large European banks in the context of deleveraging and the “credit crunch” in Europe over the post-2008 financial crisis period. Additionally, liquidity indicators have positive but perverse effects on bank-lending-growth, which supports the need to consider heterogeneous banks’ characteristics and behaviors when implementing new regulatory policies.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Author: Charles Goodhart

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-08-25

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 1139499386

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) sets the guidelines for world-wide regulation of banks. It is the forum for agreeing international regulation on the conduct of banking. Based on special access to the archives of the BCBS and interviews with many of its key players, this book tells the story of the early years of the Committee from its foundation in 1974/5 right through until 1997 - the year that marks the watershed between the Basel I Accord on Capital Adequacy and the start of work on Basel II. In addition, the book covers the Concordat, the Market Risk Amendment, the Core Principles of Banking and all other facets of the work of the BCBS. While the book is primarily a record of the history of the BCBS, it also provides an assessment of its actions and efficacy. It is a major contribution to the historical record on banking supervision.

Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets
Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets

Author: Vanessa Le Leslé

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2012-03-01

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 1475502656

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In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the Basel III capital adequacy framework. We discuss the key drivers behind the differences in these calculations, drawing upon a sample of systemically important banks from Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. We then discuss a range of policy options that could be explored to fix the actual and perceived problems with RWAs, and improve the use of risk-sensitive capital ratios.

Bank Capital and the Cost of Equity
Bank Capital and the Cost of Equity

Author: Mohamed Belkhir

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2019-12-04

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1513519808

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Using a sample of publicly listed banks from 62 countries over the 1991-2017 period, we investigate the impact of capital on banks’ cost of equity. Consistent with the theoretical prediction that more equity in the capital mix leads to a fall in firms’ costs of equity, we find that better capitalized banks enjoy lower equity costs. Our baseline estimations indicate that a 1 percentage point increase in a bank’s equity-to-assets ratio lowers its cost of equity by about 18 basis points. Our results also suggest that the form of capital that investors value the most is sheer equity capital; other forms of capital, such as Tier 2 regulatory capital, are less (or not at all) valued by investors. Additionally, our main finding that capital has a negative effect on banks’ cost of equity holds in both developed and developing countries. The results of this paper provide the missing evidence in the debate on the effects of higher capital requirements on banks’ funding costs.

Japan's Financial Slump
Japan's Financial Slump

Author: Yasushi Suzuki

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-04-19

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0230307701

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This book evaluates the salient features of Japanese relation-based banking, particularly in the post war period, and Anglo-American mode of banking to explain the nature and extent of transition failure that caused prolonged financial and economic slump in Japan.

Risk Management Implementation and Solutions for Islamic Banking and Finance
Risk Management Implementation and Solutions for Islamic Banking and Finance

Author: Omar Masood

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 9781527511453

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Islamic finance is a growing part of the global financial sector. The risks faced by Islamic banks are real, and how well they mitigate them will determine their future. This book answers questions regarding how Islamic Financial Institutions should focus on their risk management practices and the necessary solutions and policy implementation tactics. It also analyses the risk mitigation techniques Islamic institutions are putting to use, looking at different Islamic banks from across the world to investigate their strategies and solutions. Among the topics discussed here are the implementation and outcomes of Basel III, practical enterprise risk management practices, liquidity risk management, and the success story of the global takaful industry.

How Risky Are Banks' Risk Weighted Assets? Evidence From the Financial Crisis
How Risky Are Banks' Risk Weighted Assets? Evidence From the Financial Crisis

Author: Mr.Sonali Das

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 1463933797

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We study how investors account for the riskiness of banks' risk-weighted assets (RWA) by examining the determinants of stock returns and market measures of risk. We find that banks with higher RWA had lower stock returns over the US and European crises. This relationship is weaker in Europe where banks can use Basel II internal risk models. For large banks, investors paid less attention to RWA and rewarded instead lower wholesale funding and better asset quality. RWA do not, in general, predict market measures of risk although there is evidence of a positive relationship before the US crisis which becomes negative afterwards.