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Challenges to implementing
global regulatory reform in Asia
Presentation at IADI-DICGC Conference on
Role of Deposit Insurance in Bank Resolution Framework –
Lessons from the Financial Crisis
Jodhpur, India, 15 November 2011
Ilhyock Shim
Senior Economist
Bank for International Settlements
* The views expressed here are those of the presenter, and do not
necessarily represent those of the Bank for International Settlements.
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Overview
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Global regulatory reform and its impact on Asia
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Revised micro-prudential capital regulation
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Macro-prudential capital regulation
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New micro-prudential liquidity regulation
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Impact of global regulatory reform on Asian banks
Macroprudential policy framework and deposit insurance
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Macroprudential policy framework and the G20
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Macroprudential policy framework and financial safety net
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Macroprudential policy framework and deposit insurance
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I. Global regulatory reform
and its impact on Asia
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The reform of bank capital regulation
Overview
New capital ratio
● Common equity
● Tier 1
● Total Capital
● Capital conservation buffer
Capital ratio =
Raising the quality of capital
● Focus on common equity
● Stricter criteria for Tier 1
● Harmonised deductions
from capital
Leverage ratio
Macroprudential overlay
Mitigating procyclicality
● Countercyclical buffer
Capital
Risk-weighted assets
Enhancing risk coverage
● Securitisation products
● Trading book
● Counterparty credit risk
Mitigating systemic risk
● Capital surcharges
● Contingent capital
● Bail-in debt
● OTC derivatives
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Capital ratio: the new requirements
In percentage of
risk-weighted
assets
Capital requirements
Common equity
Minimum
Basel II
Memo:
Basel III
New
definition and
calibration
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Conservation
buffer
Tier 1 capital
Required
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Required
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Equivalent to around 1% for an average
international bank under the new definition
4.5
Minimum
2.5
7.0
Total capital
Minimum
Required
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Equivalent to around 2%
for an average
international bank under
the new definition
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8.5
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10.5
Increases under Basel III are even greater when one considers
the stricter definition of capital and enhanced risk weighting
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Leverage ratio
 Objectives
– Supplement the risk-based framework with a simple measure of total
assets and off-balance sheet exposures
– Contain the build-up of leverage during boom periods
– Introduce safeguards against model risk, measurement error and
attempts to “game” risk-based requirements
 Implementation
– Supervisory monitoring from 01.01.2011
– Parallel run 01.01.2013 – 01.01.2017
3.0% Tier 1 leverage ratio
– View to migrate the requirement to Pillar 1 on 01.01.2018 after
appropriate review and calibration
– Need to monitor closely the relationship between risk weighted
assets and total assets which varies across countries
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Countercyclical capital buffer
 Objective
– Create a buffer of capital to protect the banking sector from periods of
excess aggregate credit growth
– Ensure that adequate capital is on hand to maintain flow of credit
during stress
 Buffer decisions and reciprocity
– Each jurisdiction responsible for determining the buffer size (0 - 2.5%)
– Buffer size is based upon the location of the exposure
 Buffer calibration
– Buffer size is determined through use of a credit/GDP guide and
judgement
 The BCBS also issued on 16 December 2010 “Guidance for national
authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer” as a supplement
to the requirements set out in the Basel III rules text.
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Systemically important banks
 On 29 September 2011, the BCBS agreed to finalise the assessment
methodology for G-SIBs and to retain the proposed calibration for the
additional loss absorbency requirement, which will range from 1% to
2.5% Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) depending on a bank's systemic
importance, with an empty bucket of 3.5% CET1 as a means to
discourage banks from becoming even more systemically important.
 These requirements will be introduced in parallel with the Basel III
capital conservation and countercyclical buffers, ie between 1 January
2016 and year-end 2018, becoming fully effective on 1 January 2019.
 There has been strong resistance from financial industry on capital
surcharges.
 Domestic or regional SIBs are the next issue to consider.
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Liquidity requirements
 Objectives
– Improve liquidity risk management of banks and reduce reliance of banks
on short-term wholesale funding
 LCR : stock of high-quality assets > total net cash outflow over 30-day period
– Promote short-term resilience by requiring sufficient high-quality liquid
assets to survive acute stress lasting for 30 calendar days
– Revision by mid 2013, fully applied on 1 Jan 2015. The revision is
expected to have small changes on the definition of highly liquid assets.
 NSFR: available amount of stable funding > required amount of stable
funding
– Promote resilience over longer-term through incentives for banks to fund
activities with more stable sources of funding
– Revision by mid 2016, fully applied on 1 Jan 2018.
 Central banks are concerned about consistency between liquid assets and
central bank liquidity operations.
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Impact of global regulatory reform on Asian banks
 Capital and liquidity requirements
– Changes in the numerator, denominator and capital ratios as well
as the introduction of the leverage ratio are expected to have a
relatively moderate effect on the banks in the region, except for a
few large banks.
– Impact of global liquidity standards is somewhat uncertain at the
moment.
• Many banks rely on deposits, so are in a comfortable position
to meet the liquidity standards.
• Some countries don’t have enough first-tier eligible liquid
assets.
• In many jurisdictions, second-tier eligible liquid assets also in
short supply.
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Impact of global regulatory reform on Asian banks
 Capital flows and FX liquidity risk
– The recent crisis clearly showed that dependence on short-term,
wholesale and cross-border lending corresponded to increased
vulnerabilities.
– Current liquidity regulation does not have specific provisions for
FX funding liquidity risk or maturity mismatches for each
currency.
• At a minimum, aggregated across transferable and
convertible currencies.
• Currency composition of LCR buffer should broadly match
the currency composition of net cash outflows.
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Impact of global regulatory reform on Asian banks
 Macroprudential perspective
– Many authorities in the region have built up invaluable
experience over the past two decades in using monetary,
prudential and fiscal measures to address procyclicality.
– However, risk management systems at the firm level are still
relatively weak
• Micro and macro stress testing
• Data requirement
• Analytical capacity
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Impact of global regulatory reform on Asian banks
 Credit provision to support growth
– In some countries, strong demand for bank loans exists to
support strong growth and upgrade standards of living
• Infrastructure and real estate loans
– Can Basel III support these loans effectively?
• In particular, given that it is relatively more difficult for banks
to raise capital in the market in Asia, any expansion of bank
balance sheets may not be easily supported by increases in
bank equity unless banks have strong profits.
• Also, new liquidity regulation such as NSFR may hinder
investment in long-term risky projects.
– Overall, the long-term benefit of higher and stronger capital base
will outweigh the potential short-term cost in Asia and the Pacific.
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Impact of global regulatory reform on Asian banks
 Treatment of trade finance under Basel capital framework
– G20 leaders at the 2011 Seoul Summit decided to “evaluate the impact of
regulatory regimes on trade finance”.
– The BCBS established Trade Finance Group, had consultations with the World
Bank, WTO and the International Chamber of Commerce.
– 100% Credit Conversion Factor in calculating the leverage ratio for contingent
trade finance exposures: need exception for trade finance?
• CCF is determined by the likelihood of off-b/s position becoming an on-b/s item, and
whether commitments are unconditionally cancellable.
– 20% Credit Conversion Factor for short-term self-liquidating trade letters of
credit under the risk-based measure: need to lower it?
• CCF is determined by the likelihood of off-b/s position becoming an on-b/s item, not
by the probability of default of a trade finance instrument
– One-year maturity floor when calculating RWAs under the Advanced IRB:
inappropriate for short-term self-liquidating letters of credit?
• The BCBS agree to waive the floor and use a maturity less than one year.
– Sovereign floor of risk weighting for to short-term self-liquidating letters of credit
• The BCBS decided to waive it: for low-income countries, the risk-weighting
decreases from 100% to 50% or even 20%.
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II. Macroprudential policy framework
and deposit insurance
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Macroprudential policy in the G20 process
 2010 G20 SEOUL SUMMIT DOCUMENT, Paragraph 41, first bullet
“Further work on macro-prudential policy frameworks: In order to deal
with systemic risks in the financial sector in a comprehensive manner and
on an ongoing basis, we called on the FSB, IMF and BIS to do further
work on macro-prudential policy frameworks, including tools to
mitigate the impact of excessive capital flows, and update our Finance
Ministers and Central Bank Governors at their next meeting.”
 2011 G20 Cannes SUMMIT DOCUMENT
“ tbc ”
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Macroprudential policy and financial safety nets
 Three lines of defence to minimise the impact of a systemic distress
(1) ex-ante regulation and supervision to provide the right incentive to
discourage excessive risk-taking at an institutional level and in a system
(2) buffers maintained by financial institutions or by the financial system
against realized losses and liquidity shocks
(3) financial safety nets provided by national authorities.
 Important to maintain consistency between the macroprudential policy
framework and financial safety net arrangements.
– If financial safety net is strong, the moral hazard problem is likely to
occur. Thus, we need to introduce strict regulation to avoid risktaking by financial institutions.
– If financial safety net is weak, financial institutions need to maintain
more buffers to reduce the probability and extent of relying on the
safety net.
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Macroprudential policy and financial safety nets
 The financial safety net arrangements should be made to explicitly
incorporate macroprudential approaches, such as central bank
liquidity provision in episodes of systemic liquidity shortages,
deposit insurer and fiscal capacity to deal with systemic bailout (to
avoid too-big-to-bailout situations).
– Moreover, fiscal policy and the capacity of financial safety net
are closely related: the macroprudential authority need to have
close dialogue with the fiscal authority so that fiscal buffers are
maintained in good times so that it can be drawn down
whenever necessary.
 Global banks vs global regulation and global financial safety nets
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Macroprudential policy and deposit insurance
 Do deposit insurers need to have a macroprudential perspective
(systemic risk and procyclicality)?
 Did micro-prudential Prompt Corrective Action work during the
recent international financial crisis? How about systemic risk
exception?
– If not, why? How to revise it?
 Since the crisis, a lot of progress has been made in designing
regulation to mitigate both procyclicality and systemic risk.
 What are the roles deposit insurers play in the macro-prudential
policy framework?
– What specific roles deposit insurers should play in financial
stability or macroprudential council?
– What funding arrangements, deposit insurance premium,
coverage, and cross-border coordination of deposit insurance?
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