Do banks need belts and braces? – Bank Underground

Some interesting research via a Bank of England Staff Working Paper that explores the value of using multiple regulatory constraints to measure the risk of failure in banks.

Not surprisingly, they find superior utility in a portfolio of measures (risk weighted capital ratio, leverage ratio and Net Stable Funding Ratio) versus relying on a single measure of risk. This is not just due to better predictions of potential for failure but also because this is achieved at lower threshold ratios than would be the case if any of the measures was the sole basis for indicating heightened risk of failure

— Read on bankunderground.co.uk/2021/02/16/do-banks-need-belts-and-braces/

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After working in the Australian banking system for close to four decades, I am taking some time out to write and reflect on what I have learned. My primary area of expertise is bank capital management but this blog aims to offer a bank insider's outside perspective on banking, capital, economics, finance and risk. View all posts by From the Outside