Category
page 1Systemic risk
2007–2008 financial crisis
global financial crisis triggered by bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of housing-related securities
financial crisis
situation in which financial assets suddenly lose a large part of their nominal value
bank run
banking crisis when many clients withdraw their money from a bank, because they believe the bank may cease to function in the near future
credit default swap
financial swap agreement in case of default
fractional reserve banking
banking system where bank holds reserves equal to fraction of deposit liabilities
Financial Stability Board
organization
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
regulatory act implemented by the Obama administration after the 2008 financial crisis
Basel III
global, voluntary regulatory framework on bank capital adequacy, stress testing, and market liquidity risk
systemic risk
risk of disruption in the financial system with the potential to have serious negative consequences for the financial system and the real economy, as opposed to specific risk associated with any one individual entity, group or component of a system
Legal Entity Identifier
20-digit, alpha-numeric reference string to uniquely identify a legally distinct entity
European Systemic Risk Board
body of the European Union overseeing the financial system of the European Union as well as preventing and mitigating systemic risk
Macroprudential regulation
regulation designed to mitigate systemic financial risk
Troubled Asset Relief Program
program of the United States government
global systemically important bank
bank deemed very important for the financial system by responsible financial supervising authorities
CAMEL rating system
Regulatory rating system to classify a bank's soundness
stress test
simulation of a financial asset or institution under crisis conditions
central counterparty clearing
financial institution
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
climate risk disclosure framework
Volcker Rule
ban on proprietary trading by commercial banks, whereby deposits are used to trade on the bank's own accounts, although a number of exceptions to this ban were included in the Dodd-Frank law
list of systemically important banks
Wikimedia list article
European Market Infrastructure Regulation
EU regulation
Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II
European Union Directive (EU) 2014/65
cascading failure
process in a system of interconnected parts in which the failure of one or few parts can trigger the failure of other parts and so on