IMF Working Papers

Two Approaches to Resolving Nonperforming Assets During Financial Crises

By David Woo

February 1, 2000

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David Woo. Two Approaches to Resolving Nonperforming Assets During Financial Crises, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 21, 2024
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Summary

The unprecedented rise in nonperforming assets during the recent Asian financial crisis severely tested the limit and capacity of the existing asset management infrastructure, leading policymakers to consider new approaches to resolve them. This paper examines two such approaches—the creation of asset management companies and the development of out-of-court centralized corporate debt workout frameworks—that came to define the core asset management setting in countries most seriously affected by the crisis. In addition to investigating their respective role, and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses, this paper seeks to benchmark some best practices in their design.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Asset management, Asset management companies, Banking, Distressed assets, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Loans

Keywords: AMC board, AMC management, AMC subsidiary, Asset management, Asset management companies, Asset resolution process, Debt workout, Distressed assets, East Asia, Foreign exchange, Lead bank, Loans, Market value, Nonperforming assets, Purchase assets, Roles of asset management companies, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    41

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2000/033

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0332000

  • ISBN:

    9781451845174

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941