Bruegel Working Paper – Mapping banking centres globally since 1970

Author(s): Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol, Aliénor Cameron Date: July 2022 Abstract: Brexit and the rise of China as a leading international economic power have revived discussions about the geography of banking centres. This paper analyses the geographical evolution of banking centres since the 1970s, based on a database constructed from a ranking of the top banks in[…]

July 2022: SRB Press Release – Resolvability Assessment and Heat-map

By the Single Resolution Board (SRB) The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has today published its assessment of bank resolvability, for the first time. The resolvability assessment and ‘heat-map’ for 2021 shows that banks have made significant progress in the SRB’s priority areas. The assessment is based on the information available to the SRB during the drafting[…]

NBER Working Paper – Restoring Confidence in Troubled Financial Institutions After a Financial Crisis

Author(s): Charles W. Calomiris, Mark Carlson Date: July 2022 Abstract: After an unprecedented number of banks suspended operations during the Panic of 1893, the head regulator of banks chartered by the United States government allowed about 100 banks to reopen after certifying their solvency. We evaluate whether actions by bank owners to change management, contract[…]

July 2022: Financial Stability Board Report – Exit Strategies to Support Equitable Recovery and Address Effects from COVID-19 Scarring in the Financial Sector

By Financial Stability Board (FSB) When commissioned in late 2021, this report to the G20 was intended to discuss policies in the aftermath of a past shock. Since then, the economic and financial market situation has evolved considerably and vulnerabilities that COVID-19 support measures prevented from materialising may now come to the fore. Link: Exit[…]

ECB Working Paper – Stress tests and capital requirement disclosures: do they impact banks’ lending and risk-taking decisions?

Author(s): Paul Konietschke, Steven Ongena, Aurea Ponte Marques Date: July 2022 Abstract: How do banks respond to changes in capital requirements as a result of the stress tests? Does the disclosure of stress test results matter? To answer these questions, we study the impact of European stress tests on banks’ lending, their corresponding risk-taking, the[…]