Resolution
Another financial crisis hiding in plain sight
Steve Kamin analyses how the risks that sank SVB were plain enough to those who looked for them
Fed report admits errors in SVB oversight
Report takes aim at regulatory easing during Trump era
A troubling trilemma
Central banks need to tread a fine line as they serve as the economy’s police, fire brigade and paramedics
Lifetime achievement: Stefan Ingves
Modest man from the Finnish ‘boonies’ has had a major impact on international central banking
How Finma milked Credit Suisse’s CoCos to close UBS deal
An unusual clause in Swiss AT1 bonds allowed them to be written off, but could others ever follow suit?
ECB questions Credit Suisse bond bail-in
Swiss government, SNB and Finma organise rescue of troubled lender that pays out to equity-holders
What are the systemic lessons of SVB?
Philip Turner says the collapse of SVB reveals deeper issues than many have realised
UK brokers sale of SVB subsidiary
HSBC to buy tech lender’s UK arm for symbolic fee after BoE takes part in emergency bidding process
Liquidity dependence may hamper QE exit
Expanding reserves may prove perilous for financial stability, with maximum danger during QT, writes Viral Acharya
Chinese authorities arrest 234 suspects linked to Henan banking scandal
Authorities also start repaying more depositors after months-long freeze
Rethinking regulation of the modern financial system
Bank of Italy’s Maurizio Trapanese writes that rules need to address uncertainty as well as measurable risks, entity types as well as activities, and should not be overly complex
BoE finds ‘shortcomings’ in three UK banks’ resolution plans
Central bank’s first resolvability assessment concludes banks can now fail “safely”
BoE set to gain stablecoin insolvency powers
Government proposal would amend existing rules for dealing with failed payment systems
Chinese draft law sets up financial stability fund
New government committee would oversee financial stability as concerns grow
Some CCPs could struggle to cover major losses – FSB
Cyber attack could pose serious problems for systemically important CCPs, report finds
Sberbank Europe enters insolvency
Subsidiaries in Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia sold off as sanctions cripple Russian lender
ECB says Sberbank Europe is close to collapse
Russian-owned bank likely to be unable to pay its debts “in the near future”, supervisors say
FSB says gaps remain in resolution regimes
Ten years since resolution framework was published, bank bailouts are still taking place
Financial Stability Benchmarks 2021 report – keeping the sector secure
Benchmark exercise presents responses on AML/CFT, cyber, macro-prudential and other risks
Banks resolved in almost half of jurisdictions surveyed
Jurisdictions with more bank resolutions had higher NPL levels, benchmark exercise finds
EU bank resolution law needs reform – research
Law should recognise guarantees for subsidiaries by parent banks, NBB paper says
Villeroy de Galhau calls for banking union to be completed
French governor proposes creation of common deposit mechanism
Three ways to bolster flawed AML/CFT in the EU
The EU needs to significantly improve the structure and resourcing of its AML/CFT oversight if it really wants to combat illicit money flows, write Panicos Demetriades and Radosveta Vassileva