Financial institutions

• June 17, 2016

  Fintech and the Financial Ecosystem: Evolution or Revolution?

  Remarks Carolyn A. Wilkins Payments Canada Calgary, Alberta

  Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins calls for the public and private sectors to work closely together to realize fintech’s full benefits and minimize its risks.

  Content Type(s): Press, Speeches and appearances, Remarks Topic(s): Digital currencies and fintech, Financial institutions, Financial services, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies, Payment clearing and settlement systems

• Implementing Market-Based Indicators to Monitor Vulnerabilities of Financial Institutions

  Staff Analytical Note 2016-5 Cameron MacDonald, Maarten van Oordt, Robin Scott

  This note introduces several market-based indicators and examines how they can further inform the Bank of Canada’s vulnerability assessment of Canadian financial institutions. Market-based indicators of leverage suggest that the solvency risk for major Canadian banks has increased since the beginning of the oil-price correction in the second half of 2014.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff analytical notes Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G1, G10, G2, G21
• June 9, 2016

  Large Canadian Public Pension Funds: A Financial System Perspective

  Financial System Review - June 2016 Guillaume Bédard-Pagé, Annick Demers, Eric Tuer, Miville Tremblay

  The authors review the eight largest public pension funds in Canada. These funds are an important source of retirement income for Canadians. They are also significant investors, with net assets under management of over $1 trillion. The authors outline the investment strategies of the funds and how they interact with financial institutions and participate in financial markets. They also discuss the ways in which the funds’ risk-management frameworks could contribute to financial system stability and how they minimize potential vulnerabilities.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Financial System Review articles Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, International financial markets JEL Code(s): G, G1, G11, G2, G23

• Timing of Banks’ Loan Loss Provisioning During the Crisis

  Staff Working Paper 2016-27 Leo de Haan, Maarten van Oordt

  We estimate a panel error correction model for loan loss provisions, using unique supervisory data on flow of funds into and out of the allowance for loan losses of 25 Dutch banks in the post-2008 crisis period. We find that these banks aim for an allowance of 49% of impaired loans.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G2, G21, G3, G32

• The Impact of Bankruptcy Reform on Insolvency Choice and Consumer Credit

  Staff Working Paper 2016-26 Jason Allen, Kiana Basiri

  We examine the impact of the 2009 amendments to the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act on insolvency decisions. Rule changes steered debtors out of division I proposals and into the more cost-effective division II proposals.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Credit and credit aggregates, Financial institutions, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): D, D1, D14, G, G2, K, K3, K35

• Opaque Assets and Rollover Risk

  Staff Working Paper 2016-17 Benjamin Nelson, Toni Ahnert

  We model the asset-opacity choice of an intermediary subject to rollover risk in wholesale funding markets. Greater opacity means investors form more dispersed beliefs about an intermediary’s profitability.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability JEL Code(s): G, G0, G01, G2

• Asset Encumbrance, Bank Funding and Financial Fragility

  Staff Working Paper 2016-16 Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai, James Chapman, Toni Ahnert

  In this piece we show that a limit on the level of asset encumbrance and minimum capital requirements are effective tools for minimizing the incentive for banks to take excessive risk.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial stability, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, G, G0, G01, G2, G21, G28

• Capital Structure, Pay Structure and Job Termination

  Staff Working Paper 2016-12 Jason Allen, James R. Thompson

  We develop a model to analyze the link between financial leverage, worker pay structure and the risk of job termination. Contrary to the conventional view, we show that even in the absence of any agency problem among workers, variable pay can be optimal despite workers being risk averse and firms risk neutral.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Labour markets JEL Code(s): G, G2, G24, J, J3, J33

• Canadian Repo Market Ecology

  Staff Discussion Paper 2016-8 Corey Garriott, Kyle Gray

  This is the first of the Financial Markets Department’s descriptions of Canadian financial industrial organization. The document discusses the organization of the repurchase-agreement (repo) market in Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial system regulation and policies, Market structure and pricing JEL Code(s): G, G1, G18, G2, G21, G23

• A Microfounded Design of Interconnectedness-Based Macroprudential Policy

  Staff Working Paper 2016-6 Jose Fique

  To address the challenges posed by global systemically important banks (G-SIBs), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision recommended an “additional loss absorbency requirement” for these institutions. Along these lines, I develop a microfounded design of capital surcharges that target the interconnectedness component of systemic risk.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Financial institutions, Financial system regulation and policies JEL Code(s): D, D8, D82, D85, G, G2, G21, G28