Systemically important financial institutions (Sifis)
Q&A: NAIC's CEO and president on group supervision, systemic risk and captives
The standard-setters
Global insurer systemic risk proposals stoke controversy
Saving the system
NAIC calls for coordination of US and international systemic risk regimes
Financial Stability Board's G-Sii regime should be consistent with US Sifi rules, says NAIC chief
Prudential Financial’s Sifi appeal casts doubt on US G-Sii powers
Disconnection between domestic and international Sifi processes means regulators could lack legal power to enforce G-Sii measures in some cases
Prudential Financial Sifi appeal ‘futile’
US insurers face re-designation if initial determination overturned
Fears of disjointed regulation of systemically risky insurers grow
Harmonisation of US and global systemic risk frameworks needed as US proposes first Sifis, warns industry think tank
Chapter 14: using bankruptcy law to solve too-big-to-fail
Too-big-to-fail: the next Chapter
Insurance Sifis face bank-style supervisory regime
A suitable ploy?
Adapting banking supervision for a crisis scenario
Rethinking banking supervision
Regulator Q&A: Amando Tetangco, governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines
The head of the Philippine central bank explains how Basel III has a “perverse” impact on countries with strong fiscal discipline and why the Sifi designation is less important than rigorous regulation
Asia’s opinions on Basel III
The Basel Committee has published rules on the capitalisation of bank CCP exposures and global Sifis in recent months. It will now monitor how the rules are implemented, and tweak calibrations where necessary. Asia Risk talks to a selection of leading…
Dealing with Dodd-Frank: an operational response for non-US banks
Joining the dots
Risk.net poll: global Sifi status is desirable, say 31% of respondents
Risk.net poll: global Sifi status is desirable, say 31% of respondents
Risk USA: Sifi rules would be a failure if banks don't downsize
Some banks want to be on the list of global Sifis – exactly the opposite to what the rules are intended to achieve, says former chairman of the Basel Committee standards implementation group
BofE's Tucker: weak CCP recovery plans risk mayhem
Panellists at an EC conference in Brussels this morning warned CCPs have made little progress on detailed survival plans - leaving the system exposed
Financial Stability Board finalises Sifi measures
FSB settles on plan to tackle the 'too big to fail' problems posed by systemically important financial institutions; measures will be sent to G-20 summit in November
ICB report: banks face higher costs, lower ratings
Ring-fence furore
Risk Japan 2011: Too-big-to-fail rules should be scrapped in favour of ‘bridge banks’
Japan looked at the need to impose excess capital for systemically important financial institutions in the 1990s and rejected it in favour of ‘bridge banks’ which could inherit losses in the event of a major bank getting into trouble. One university…
Fed aims for summer Sifi regulations
Bernanke says Fed expects to issue proposed rules on Sifi oversight this summer; also 'on schedule' to implement Basel III
EBA will open bank books, Enria pledges
New regulatory authority needs to provide transparency, rein in Sifis, to be a success, says EBA chair Enria
Bair bids bye-bye to FDIC
Bair bids bye-bye
Basel Committee will not impose CoCo requirement for Sifis
Basel Committee proposes a staggered common equity capital surcharge for systemically important banks, but steers clear of contingent capital
Largest Sifis should hold capital surcharge of at least 3%, says FDIC’s Bair
FDIC chairman Sheila Bair rejects argument by some bankers that a Sifi surcharge is not necessary
Ex-IMF adviser calls for 'hard rules' on cross-border resolution
Former IMF adviser Rosa Lastra says international regulatory framework should apply 'hard' rules on cross-border resolutions