Systemic risk

Best-laid plans

Financial regulation around the world looks set for the biggest overhaul in recent history. But those implementing change face a number of obstacles, some of which might prove insurmountable. Duncan Wood looks at the challenges ahead and speculates on…

Higher ground

Plans are afoot among global regulators to impose tougher regulatory requirements on large and systemically important firms, including higher capital charges. Will they succeed in curtailing systemic risk? Mark Pengelly investigates

The Bair necessities

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Sheila Bair has argued that systemically important financial institutions should hold more capital as a disincentive to growth, while a new entity should be set up to manage the orderly resolution of…

Too many cooks?

The financial crisis has revealed the failure of regulators to detect major threats to the stability of the financial system in advance. A number of new authorities are now emerging to monitor systemic risk, but is it possible problems could still fall…

Drastic times

There is a growing consensus that large, global banking groups pose a threat to financial stability. Some have suggested large financial services groups be split up to focus on traditional markets and banking business - but is this the answer? By Duncan…

Drastic times

There is a growing consensus that large, global banking groups pose a threat to financial stability. Some have suggested large financial services groups be split up to focus on traditional markets and banking business - but is this the answer? By Duncan…

Systemic risk capital

We have seen what can happen when the size of financial institutions rivals - or even surpasses - that of their home countries. It may be time to limit the size of institutions through imposition of systemic risk capital requirements, argues David Rowe

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