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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452483903321

Autore

Cerutti Eugenio

Titolo

The need for "un-consolidating" consolidated banks' stress tests [[electronic resource] /] / prepared by Eugenio Cerutti and Christian Schmieder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, 2012

ISBN

1-4755-6196-2

1-4755-6059-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (22 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; 12/288

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmeiderChristian

Soggetti

Banks and banking, International - Risk management - Econometric models

Banks and banking - Risk management - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Recent Evolution in Bank Stress Tests; III. A Combined Unconsolidated/Consolidated Stress Test Approach; Figure; 1. Conceptual Difference between 'Traditional' Stress Test and Stress Tests Taking into Account Group Structures; IV. Quantifying the Potential Bias of not Using a Combined Approach; 2. Banks' Geographical Distributions; 3. Banks' share of Profits and Capital Outside EU; 4. Partial and Full Ring Fencing Adjustments; V. Conclusions; References; Annex I - Mapping Bank Groups

Sommario/riassunto

The recent crisis has spurred the use of stress tests as a (crisis) management and early warning tool. However, a weakness is that they omit potential risks embedded in the banking groups' geographical structures by assuming that capital and liquidity are available wherever they are needed within the group. This assumption neglects the fact that regulations differ across countries (e.g., minimum capital requirements), and, more importantly, that home/host regulators might limit flows of capital or liquidity within a group during periods of stress. This study presents a framework on how to