Possible Unintended Consequences of Basel III and Solvency II

Submitted on 25th June 2015

 

In today’s financial system, complex financial institutions are connected through an opaque network of financial exposures. These connections contribute to financial deepening and greater savings allocation efficiency, but are also unstable channels of contagion. Basel III and Solvency II should improve the stability of these connections, but could have unintended consequences for cost of capital, funding patterns, interconnectedness, and risk migration. 

Source
International Actuarial Association
Length of Resource
71 pages
Resource File
Author
Ahmed Al-Darwish, Michael Hafeman, Gregorio Impavido, Malcolm Kemp, and Padraic O' Malley
Date Published
Publication Type
paper
Resource Type
academic