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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154899403321

Autore

Komaromi Andras

Titolo

Assessing Liquidity Buffers in the Panamanian Banking Sector / / Andras Komaromi, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Torsten Wezel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

1-4755-4489-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

Hadzi-VaskovMetodij

WezelTorsten

Disciplina

332.1

Soggetti

Banks and banking - Panama

Liquidity (Economics)

Liquid assets - Panama

Banks and Banking

Finance: General

Investments: General

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Portfolio Choice

Investment Decisions

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Financial services law & regulation

Banking

Finance

Investment & securities

Liquidity requirements

Liquidity

Commercial banks

Liquidity stress testing

Financial regulation and supervision

Asset and liability management

Financial institutions

Financial sector policy and analysis

Securities

Banks and banking



State supervision

Economics

Financial instruments

Panama

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper assesses the resilience of Panamanian banks to (i) a very severe short-term, and  (ii) a significant long-lasting liquidity shock scenario. Short-term liquidity buffers are  evaluated by approximating the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) defined in the Basel III  accord. The risk of losing a substantial part of foreign funding is analyzed through a  conventional liquidity stress test scrutinizing several layers of liquidity across maturity  buckets. The results of this study point to some vulnerabilities. First, our approximations  indicate that about half of Panamanian banks would need to adjust their liquid asset  portfolios to meet current LCR standards. Second, while most banks would be able to meet  funding outflows in the stress-test scenario, a number of banks would have to use up all of  their liquidity buffers, and a few even face a final shortfall. Nonetheless, most banks  displaying sizable liquidity shortfalls have robust solvency positions.