Collateral
King calls for radical shake-up to escape ‘low-growth trap’
Central bank models fail to appreciate demand-side secular stagnation
Big tech: a threat to banks?
The explosive growth of big tech companies in China offers important lessons
Seven threats from big tech’s libra
Can central banks avoid a ‘big tech’ monetary meltdown?
Banque de France research takes fresh look at eurozone interbank markets
Secured interbank markets not bounded by ECB’s deposit facility rate, results show
BoE paper explores collateral’s impact on labour market
Collateral value affects hiring decisions by small businesses, authors find
BIS’s Borio warns of ‘troubling’ negative yields
BIS quarterly review highlights new peaks in negative-yielding debt and examines CLO risks
30 years of central banking
Central banks face credibility tests on a number of fronts
Norges Bank lays out plans for collateral management during resolution
Liquidity assistance in a resolution will “never” be a long-term solution, Torbjørn Hægeland says
Asset bubbles play role in macro-prudential policy – IMF research
Their size may determine optimal tax levels to address credit imbalances
Canadian collateral can withstand crisis-level systemic risk – BoC paper
Trading by bank customers could be a potential indicator of future crisis, researcher says
Finding the right partners with the right solutions
Over the past decade, the financial crisis, globalisation and technological changes have driven uncertainty and brought about drastic changes for central banks. Vermeg‘s Yamen Bousrih explores the importance of having a consolidated, coherent and…
IBM wins contract to support Canadian RTGS overhaul
Canada is preparing to replace its unusual high-value payment system with a new generation
Capital requirements impact collateral demands – BoE paper
Higher capital requirements can make banks demand more collateral, authors find
Risk management technology: Vermeg
Dutch company won high-profile tender for Eurosystem Collateral Management System
The PBoC’s efforts to solve the ‘impossible trinity’
Chinese central bank intervenes to manage offshore renminbi rate
BoE issues warning over global leveraged loan market
Scale, growth and lending standards similar to pre-crisis subprime lending, BoE reports
Information can substitute for collateral, BoE paper finds
Strong lending relationships can insulate a firm during booms and busts
Central banks could do more to tackle climate change – paper
Central banks may be mispricing assets due to climate change risk, paper argues
ECB asks for changes to EU’s covered bond proposals
Suggested new regime could lead to significant national differences within EU, ECB says
ECB criticises proposed changes to EU’s claim assignment law
Changes should put assignments under one legal jurisdiction, not three, ECB says
Is this the beginning of a new era of credit risk management technology?
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Risk-based supervision focus report 2018
This first Central Banking journal focus report on risk-based supervision analyses how central banks, financial regulators and financial institutions can streamline efforts to meet onerous new regulatory and supervisory data requirements.
New risks and opportunities
Central Banking convened a panel of experts to discuss how central banks and other authorities are making use of new risk-based assessment techniques to remain ahead of the fintech curve.
The IFF China Report 2018: Chinese financial system reform
China is focusing greater effort in tackling the build-up of risks in its banking and financial system, while also seeking to ensure credit is more effectively distributed in the real economy. At the same time it is has embraced fintech but policymakers…