MAXIM I. SAMSONOV
Background and Methodological Approaches to the Systemically Important Banks’ Identification
(original language – Ukrainian)
The author considers the problem of systemic risk regulation by providing systemically important banks. The paper considers the economic and social conditions of systemically important banks’ identification in the context of risk-based supervision. Economic conditions associated with the need for earlier detection of systemic risk carriers and prevention of crisis processes because of the significant capital costs for post-crisis recovery. Social conditions due to the problem of social irresponsibility systemically important financial institutions and the problem of covering their losses by the expense of taxpayers. The comparative analysis of the basic methodological approaches to the systemically important banks’ identification – indicator-based approach, network approach and methods of systemic risk’s distribution. In terms of identification of systemically important banks in Ukraine, the optimal method is the application of the indicator-based approach, given its cross-cutting assessment, availability of necessary data and the reliability of the results.
Key words: bank supervision, risk-oriented approach, systemic risk, indicator-based approach, systemically important banks, surveillance.
Placed in №1, 2013.
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