Capital
Lender of last resort is not enough, says Geithner
There is a lot of “magical thinking” about what central banks can do, says former US Treasury secretary
RBA’s Bullock: Australia faces large housing risks
Debt-to-income ratio has risen and banks are highly exposed to the housing sector
Fed’s Rosengren sees less room to tackle next recession
Fiscal, monetary and regulatory buffers are not as high as they should be, says Boston Fed president
Automation of financial services poses problem for labour market
Central bankers fear the labour market may not recover as quickly as during previous technological revolutions
An informed approach to banknote security and durability
De La Rue explains how its data consultancy service, DLR Analytics, allows central banks to ensure notes in circulation are secure and durable, and offers value for money in spite of increasingly prominent alternative payment solutions. By facilitating…
Supervisory lessons: management traits of problem banks
Former Bank of Spain head of supervision Aristóbulo de Juan highlights the lessons he has learnt about the management of problem banks and how to stop dangerous activities before they take hold – in the first of a four-part series on supervision
Book notes: Capitalism without capital, by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake
The authors have created a compelling framework to characterise and explain the nature of intangible investments in our economies, writes Michael Reddell, but their conclusions are lacking in analysis and data
Banks ask Fed to delay CECL impact on stress testing
Fed asked not to implement CECL into CCAR until 2021
Capital markets union a la Willie Sutton
When Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he said: “That’s where the money is.” Europe has yet to address where the capital markets union funding should come from, but there is a solution
Goldman, Morgan Stanley push for stress test changes
Balance sheets will shrink in a crisis, not grow, trading houses argue
IMF backs RBI’s Patel in call for full oversight powers
Fund urges Indian authorities to grant the central bank full powers over public sector banks
FPC better equipped for crisis than FSOC – BoE paper
Paper compares how macro-prudential regulators in UK and US would handle a 2008-style crisis
CCAR ‘apocalypse’ leads to excess bank capital, says lobbyist
Head of new trade body says Fed should average capital requirements over multiple scenarios
Banks tend to game stress tests, Fed economists say
Models tend to be subject to “strategic adjustments”, paper finds
Philippines considers boosting central bank capital
Central bank announces big rise in Q1 income
Infrastructure financing not harmed by post-crisis reforms – FSB
First study of regulatory impact on intermediation finds infrastructure finance largely unscathed
Carney: Brexit could trigger ‘extreme fragmentation’ of EU markets
Lack of agreement on derivatives likely to be more costly for European markets than UK ones, BoE governor says; stance contrasts sharply with European Commission
European Court of Justice overrules ECB on French banks’ leverage
ECB’s reasoning on treatment of French savings accounts was “manifestly incorrect”, court rules
Failed bank depositors to gain unrestricted access to funds – Sarb
Around 97% of retail depositors will be paid in full, the central bank says, as investigation into mismanaged bank continues
BoE to defend post-crisis regime through ‘running repairs’
Capital regime will need to evolve to stay on top of risks, says Victoria Saporta; BoE set to unveil details of operational resilience requirements
Miles warns too much weight placed on untried regulations
TLAC and the resolution regime may not be enough to substitute for higher capital, former Bank of England official says
Book notes: China’s Great Wall of Debt, by Dinny McMahon
McMahon is too pessimistic about the chances of China managing to get its great wall of debt under control, writes Michael Taylor, but he is undoubtedly right about the scale of the challenge
Banks stumble in second round of Fed stress tests
Fed demands Deutsche Bank take remedial action; two others told not to increase dividends
Fed’s Quarles defends FSB from US critics
Supervision chief says FSB is not a threat to sovereignty and helps solve collective problems