"... the results provide empirical evidence that #twitter#sentiment and media attention ultimately fueled and accelerated the crash dynamics of #siliconvalleybank apart from the asset-liability mismatch caused by inappropriate #riskmanagement. The findings also emphasize the importance of #socialmedia and herding behaviour for #financialstability."
This paper that explores the design of #climate#stresstests to assess #macroprudential#risks from #climatechange in the #financialsector. The authors review current climate stress #scenarios employed by #regulators, highlighting the need to consider dynamic policy choices, better understand feedback loops between climate change and the economy, and explore compound #riskscenarios. They argue that more research is needed to identify channels through which plausible scenarios can impact credit risks, incorporate #bank-lending responses to #climaterisk, assess the adequacy of climate #riskpricing in #financialmarkets, and better understand the process of expectations formation around the realizations of climate risks.
This paper explores the #uncertainty around when #data is considered "#personaldata" under #dataprotection#laws. The authors propose that by focusing on the specific #risks to #fundamentalrights that are caused by #dataprocessing, the question whether data falls under the scope of the #gdpr becomes clearer.
"#banks that did well in the #gfc also did well in the #pandemic while banks that did poorly during the GFC also did poorly during the pandemic."
"This article discusses the recent bank failures of #svb and #signaturebank and analyzes the balance sheets of these banks to determine if they were outliers or if they represent a systemic problem in #riskmanagement... Our analysis suggests that SVB and Signature were not representative of the canary in the coal mine and that they do not represent the average risk among #banks, but a classic #bankrun run cannot be precluded."
The findings underscore the importance of inside debt compensation as a #riskmanagement #governance mechanism that alleviates inefficiencies related to #cybersecurity investments.
As more #laws and #legal norms are introduced to enforce #esg standards, directors are required to ensure that their corporation complies with these standards. This encroaches on the #fiduciary relationship between directors and the corporation and weakens the Business Judgment Rule (#bjr) as directors must operate within the law and implement #compliance systems to keep up with the growing #esggoals.
The paper argues that seeing #riskmanagement as a question of defining the partnership between business and government is crucial to improving it rather than focusing solely on the amount of #regulation.Sometimes these partnerships are adversarial, as they can be with government regulation. Other times they are seemingly invisible, such as when society relies on private #insurance markets to manage risk.
It proposes policy changes to reduce the cost and improve the value of #autoinsurance in #canada. The study found that Canadians pay the highest premiums in the world for auto #insurance relative to GDP, with personal injury coverage being the most significant contributor to overall differences. The paper recommends product reforms and addressing #autorepair#fraud to increase consumer choice, reduce disputes, and provide better value.
It highlights the increasing #regulatory focus on #climaterisk faced by #canada's #banks, both domestically through the #osfi and globally through the adoption of guidelines proposed by the #tcfd. As regulators seek to impose more #monitoring, #disclosure, and mitigation obligations on #financialinstitutions, the article raises whether banks' #capitalrequirements should be increased to reflect the #risks associated with #climatechange.