Bank Debt in Europe: “Are Funding Models Broken”

December 20, 2012

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Vanessa Le Lesle. Bank Debt in Europe: “Are Funding Models Broken”, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

The crisis in Europe has underscored the vulnerability of European bank funding models compared to international peers. This paper studies the drivers behind this fragility and examines the future of bank funding, primarily wholesale, in Europe. We argue that cyclical and structural factors have altered the structure, cost, and composition of funding for European banks. The paper discusses the consequences of shifting funding patterns and investor preferences and presents possible policy options and bank actions to enhance European bank funding models’ robustness.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Bank deposits, Banking, Deposit insurance, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial statements, Liquidity, Liquidity requirements, Liquidity risk, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Bail-in, Bank capital, Bank creditor, Bank debt, Bank funding, Bank lending, Bank liability structure, Banks, Basel, Deposits, Europe, Financial statements, Funding, Funding challenge, Funding model, Liabilities, Liability structure, Liquidity, Liquidity requirements, Liquidity risk, Profitability prospects, Self-financing effort, Senior debt, Unsecured debt, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

40
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2012/299
Stock No:

WPIEA2012299
ISBN:

9781475522037
ISSN:

1018-5941

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