Stress tests
CBDC little threat to Canadian bank liquidity – paper
Bank of Canada research says most bigger banks have enough funding to handle retail CBDC competition
The international effort to manage NBFI risks: where do we stand?
The Covid-19 shock demonstrated more needs to be done to address stability risks posed by the NBFI sector. Maurizio Trapanese details progress made during the Italian G20 presidency as well as outstanding macro-prudential issues
Gas investments important for energy security, UK’s Sunak tells BoE
Chancellor of the Exchequer urges officials to support government’s energy security policy
Central Banking Awards 2022: the winners in full
Recipients of the 2022 awards include Stanley Fischer, the Bank of Korea, Mario Marcel and many more
Risk management technology: BlackRock’s Aladdin Risk
ESG feeds into integrated position reports, customised benchmarking and robust scenario analysis assist prudent reserve management
Central Banking Awards 2022: first winners unveiled
Governor of the year, Risk manager, two Green initiative awards and more announced today
Diego Labat on policy normalisation, capital flows and tech challenges
The Central Bank of Uruguay governor speaks with Christopher Jeffery and Ben Margulies about governance, financialisation, flexible rates versus capital controls, payment upgrades and CBDCs
Fed to stress-test banks’ commercial real estate exposures
The Fed will look at lending capabilities under ‘severe’ economic conditions
ESRB calls for European cyber incident framework
Regulators must have joint response to systemic cyber incidents
ECB launches climate risk stress tests
Exercise will feed into SREP and could indirectly affect lenders’ capital ratios, ECB says
New Zealand banks well positioned to face new Covid shock, says RBNZ
Central bank carried out both solvency and liquidity stress tests in 2021 exercises
EU should demand banks set climate transition plans – Elderson
Officials acknowledge climate risk has become central topic, but say most institutions fail to meet supervisory requirements
NGFS’s climate stress tests bolstered by new macroeconomic modelling
NiGem model will help central banks better understand economic transmission channels
RBNZ climate stress test planned for 2023
Central bank faces challenges in adapting NGFS scenarios to New Zealand and greening its own operations
BoE launches ‘exploratory’ CCP stress test
Central bank will test credit and liquidity exposures, and will also conduct “reverse stress tests”
Elizabeth Warren publicly rejects Powell reappointment
Senator calls Jerome Powell “a dangerous man to head up the Fed”
Authorities should consider stress-testing global supply chains – BoE paper
While global supply chains have not changed much, the shocks impacting them have, researchers say
Stress tests key for financial stability – Benchmarks participants
Most Benchmarks participants conduct stress tests more than once a year, but methods vary
ECB’s stress capital buffer still a ‘black box’ – banks
National regulators retain wide latitude to set Pillar 2 Guidance under new rules
Green finance and mispricing: what role for central banks and governments?
Governments and central banks cannot stay on the sidelines if they are to fix market mispricing, says Sayuri Shirai
ECB stress test highlights importance of credit risk
Mid-sized banks suffer higher capital depletion due to lower income from interest and fees
Ignoring fire sales weakens stress tests – Bank of Austria paper
Paper presents new method for calculating effects of deleveraging by distressed banks
Covid and the cloud: a turning point for central banks?
As central banks embrace new technology, providers are jostling to be first in line
Climate training hub launched by international consortium
BIS training platform will act as single access point for climate risk training for central banks