This House Believes That The Basel Committee On Banking Supervision’s New Liquidity Risk Monitoring Standards Are Built On Sand
Seminar
Debate A debate on the BCBS liquidity risk monitoring consultation due 16 April 2010.
Background:
Just before Christmas, the BCBS opened a consultation on radical new risk management measures for financial institutions. JP Morgan's research has shown the demands on banks to hold more capital could cost the industry $220 billion – of which $91 billion would be incurred by British banks.
New liquidity cover ratios, net stable funding ratios and market monitoring tools will certainly reshape today’s business practices. However, we ask “will they be ‘good enough’?” There is no common reference data set for much of what is required. This means that each firm is flying solo and the regulator left to wonder what good ratio systems and controls should look like.
Will one firm’s calculations, based on market, counterparty, and instrument data, allow their ratios to be compared to another’s? Judgements based on years of disparate legacy systems could have significant financial consequences if not appropriate:
- Will the industry be forced into a massive infrastructure upgrade?
- How will the regulators benchmark the banks’ implementations?
- What standards are required to stand these pillars in solid ground?
- Can new standards create new business opportunities?
Come and join the discussion, with an expert panel comprising of:
- Christopher Clack, ScD, Director, Financial Computing, UCL
- Bill Rickard, Head of Strategy and Policy, RBS Group Treasury
- Julia Sutton, Director - Global Reference Data, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets
- Alexander Dorfmann, Head of Product Management, Thomson Reuters
You will have the chance to debate the house view under the Chatham House Rule. The panel will be chaired by Capital Markets Chamber leader, PJ Di Giammarino.
The session will be followed by drinks, canapés and networking.
Speaker(s):
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Christopher Clack
ScD, Director
UCL
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Bill Rickard
Head of Strategy and Policy
RBS Group Treasury
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Julia Sutton
Director - Global Reference Data
Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets
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Alexander Dorfmann
Head of Product Management
Thomson Reuters
Location
IoD hub, City of London
New Broad Street House, 35 New Broad Street
London
EC2M 1NH