The debate on centralising financial regulation highlights the timing and methods central banks should adopt, particularly after the 2008 crisis. Central banks must coordinate effectively, as their detachment from daily supervision delays response to failures. Ultimately, they should regulate and monitor to ensure system stability.
Supervision
Warning signs not enough for Regulators
The financial crisis was exacerbated by banks ignoring warning signs from past failures and relying on ineffective risk management practices, such as the use of securitisation. Regulatory measures were insufficient, leading to systemic issues, prompting a shift towards more proactive regulation and oversight in financial markets.
Regulation cannot be avoided by banks
Plain and simple, banks are important because they introduce efficiencies to the local as well as the global economy. Regulation and supervision of conduct has become an important part of doing business as a bank. Reasons why banks are important There are 3 reasons why banks are important to society. All three of these reasons create efficiencies in…
Basel III a reality
Introduction The global economic crisis has provided regulators with an opportunity to fundamentally restructure the approach to risk and regulation in the financial sector. The international members of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision have collectively agreed on reforms to “strengthen global capital and liquidity rules with the aim of promoting a more resilient banking…