There are two types of systemic risk that can infect the highly interconnected global banking system.
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The Fed, Treasury and FDIC acted swiftly to protect depositors and stem any panic, but anxiety continues to grow about the state of the global financial system.
Lenders face a lot of risks, but two of them – interest rate and liquidity – were the main drivers of the sudden and rapid failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. That’s why more trouble may be ahead for the banking sector.
CLOs are said to be far safer than the derivatives that nearly brought down the global banking system in 2007 – but the cracks are beginning to show.
Coronavirus shows just how much the world needs a new system of global governance to address systemic risks.
South Africa is the eight country in the world to adopt the ‘Twin Peaks’ model of regulating its financial services sector.
Instead of having a separate regulator just for banks, the new system creates one to prevent financial crises, the other to ensure good market conduct and consumer protection.
The South African Reserve Bank was justified in placing VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship.
A new study brings fresh insights into understanding the nature and extent of South Africa’s systemic risks within the country’s financial sector.
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor, UCT School of Economics; South African Reserve Bank Research Chair in Financial Stability Studies, University of Cape Town
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Visiting Professor at the Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
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Professor of Economics, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Accounting & Society, University of Sheffield; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Professor of International Management, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor of Economics, Indiana University
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Professor of Finance and Distinguished Professor of Applied Investments, Appalachian State University
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financialization, University of Sheffield
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PhD candidate, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Global Politics and Director of UCL Global Governance Institute, UCL