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The new financial architecture : banking regulation in the 21st century / edited by Benton E. Gup.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Gup, Benton E.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Banks and banking, International--Law and legislation.
Banks and banking, International.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (269 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Westport, Conn. : Quorum Books, 2000.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
A resource for banking, finance, investment and world trade professionals and their academic counterparts. It covers a wide range of topics, from the rationale of banking regulation, to optimal banking regulation in the new world environments.
Contents:
Cover
The New Financial Architecture
Contents
Illustrations
Preface
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
1 Regulating International Banking:Rationale, History, and FutureProspects
INTRODUCTION
WHY DO WE REGULATE MULTINATIONAL BANKS?
HISTORY OF SUPERVISORY COOPERATION
The Bank for International Settlements and the Basle Committee
The 1999 Basle Proposal
Other International Agreements
THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING REGULATION
REFERENCES
2 Are Banks and TheirRegulators Outdated?
WHAT IS A BANK?
A PATCHWORK SYSTEM OF REGULATION
THE FUNCTIONS OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
FUNCTIONAL REGULATION
The Central Bank as the Regulator
Global Regulator
CONCLUSION
NOTES
3 Designing the New Architecturefor U.S. Banking
DISSATISFACTION WITH THE OLD ARCHITECTURE
LEGISLATING THE NEW ARCHITECTURE
DANGERS OF THE "WRONG" ARCHITECTURE
FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE AND ASSET PRICE BUBBLES
4 What Is Optimal FinancialRegulation?
RATIONALES FOR FINANCIAL REGULATION
Guarding Against Systemic Risk
Protecting Consumers
Enhancing Efficiency
Achieving Other Social Objectives
WHY BANKS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AND SUPERVISION: THE FINANCIAL SAFETY NET
OPTIMAL REGULATION IN THE STATIC CASE: PRICING RISK TO COUNTER MORAL HAZARD
Risk-Rated Deposit Insurance Premiums
Prompt Corrective Action and Least-Cost Resolution
Subordinated Debt
Narrow Bank Proposals
LOOKING BEYOND THE STATIC VIEW: BANKS HAVE BECOME LESS SPECIAL
"OPTIMAL" REGULATION IN THE TRANSITION: SOME SIMPLE PRESCRIPTIONS
5 The Optimum Regulatory Model forthe Next Millennium-Lessons fromInternational Comparisons and theAustralian-Asian Experience
INTRODUCTION.
A TAXONOMY OF REGULATORY MODELS FOR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT LIFE CYCLE PHASES
Prudential Supervisory Systems
Protective Measures
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY MODELS GOVERNING THE AUSTRALIAN AND THE ASIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
Singapore
Thailand
Hong Kong
Japan
Taiwan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Korea
The Philippines
IMPLICATIONS OF REGULATORY FAILURE IN THE AUSTRALASIAN REGION FOR THE OPTIMUM REGULATORY MODEL FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM
The Usefulness of a Taxonomy of Regulatory Models Governing Financial Systems
6 Banking Trends and DepositInsurance Risk Assessment in theTwenty-First Century
DEVELOPMENTS IN BANKING
Consolidation
Bank Activities
Globalization
Technological Change
IMPLICATIONS FOR DEPOSIT INSURANCE
BANK SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
7 Supervisory Goals andSubordinated Debt
SUPERVISORY GOALS
HOW SND MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS
THE ROLE OF SND IN EXISTING CAPITAL REGULATIONS
SND PROPOSALS TO ACHIEVE PUBLIC POLICY GOALS
Minimize Safety Net Losses
Loss Absorption
Prompt Closure
Minimizing the Probability of Failure
Direct Discipline
Derived Supervisory Discipline
8 Market Discipline for Banks: AHistorical Review
Historical Experiences
INSTITUTIONAL FEATURES OF FREE BANKING
The "Invisible Hand" in Free-Banking Theory
THE FREE-BANKING EXPERIENCE IN SCOTLAND
Scottish Banking: 1695-1845
A Successful Experience with Market Discipline?
A Centralized System
Stability and Optimality in Operations
Scottish Free Banking Was Not Laissez-Faire Banking
THE FREE-BANKING EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
Was American Free Banking Laissez-Faire Banking?.
"Wildcat Banking" or Successful "Market Discipline"?
The Suffolk Banking System
UNREGULATED TRUSTS IN NEW YORK
9 Market Discipline and theCorporate Governance of Banks:Theory vs. Evidence
PRIVATE MARKET REGULATION
PRINCIPAL AGENT CONFLICTS
Control Mechanisms
ARE MARKET CONTROL MECHANISMS EFFECTIVE?
Corporate Behavior
Distressed Banks
Other Banking Studies
REQUIREMENTS FOR MARKET DISCIPLINE
Action
Active Money and Capital Markets and Rating Agencies
Awareness of Vulnerabilities
Corporate Accounting Standards
Transparency
10 Message to Basle: Risk ReductionRather Than Management
CREDIT RISK MODELS AND THEIR SHORTCOMINGS
Credit Risk Models
General Loan Valuations Features
Loan Repricing
Loan Valuation Models
Default Mode
Mark-to-Model Approach
Credit Spreads
Discounted Contractual Cash Flow (DCCF) Approach
Limits of Bond Market Analogue
Credit Risk Ratings
Assessment of Ratings Agencies
Ratings Predictions
Credit Risk Is a Decision Variable-Market Risk Is a Given Parameter
REFORM PROPOSALS
Improvements in Quality of Credit Risk Analysis
Loan Officers as Investment Analysts
Combining Commercial and Investment Banking
Improvements in Risk Ratings
Rating over the Longer Horizon
Stress Testing by Ratings Agencies and Banks
Linking Asset Risk to Country Rating
Including Market Risk in Analysis
Market Risk, Time Horizon, and Risk Migration
Asymmetric Information Obscures the Issue
Risk Correlations
Loan Valuations
Improvements in Supervisory-Lending Officer Linkage
Training Supervisors
Lack of Courage of Conviction
Allow Failure of Large Financial Institutions and Disorderly Markets to Occur.
CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY OF PROPOSALS
11 Drafting Land Legislation forDeveloping Countries: An Examplefrom East Africa
THE BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN IDEA
THE DRAFTING PROCESS
Location, Staffing, and Power of the Tribunal
Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the Tribunal
Representation and the Expedited Process of Hearing a Dispute
The Operating Procedure of the Tribunal
Miscellaneous
APPENDIX A Table of Contents of the Sections of the Zanzibar LandTribunal Act19
APPENDIX B Table of Contents of the Sections of the Zanzibar LandTribunal Act Regulations
APPENDIX C Table of Contents: List of Forms to Accompany the LandTribunal Act
Index
About the Editor and Contributors.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780313004513
031300451X
OCLC:
50026134

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