2018
DOI: 10.1057/s41261-018-0071-6
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The impact of Basel III on trade finance: the potential unintended consequences of the leverage ratio

Abstract: Trade finance, particularly in the form of short-term letters of credit has received favourable capital treatment new Basel III rules. However, concerns have been expressed over the potential negative "unintended consequences" of the newly created leverage ratio for trade. This paper offers a relatively simple model approach showing the conditions under which the 100% leverage tax on assets such as letters of credit would reduce their natural attractiveness relative to higher-risk ones, which stand in the bala… Show more

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“…where μ is the drift rate and σ is the volatility of the asset. This equation can be used in place of BASEL and PCA (Acharya, 2018; Auboin and Blengini, 2019; Jones, 2020) outline to create a generic distance-to-risk measure, given in equation (10): …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…where μ is the drift rate and σ is the volatility of the asset. This equation can be used in place of BASEL and PCA (Acharya, 2018; Auboin and Blengini, 2019; Jones, 2020) outline to create a generic distance-to-risk measure, given in equation (10): …”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The banking landscape has changed significantly over the last couple of decades and especially after the 2008 financial crisis. New regulations had an impact on many aspects of banking activity including: liquidity [ 1 ], capital management [ 2 ], profitability [ 3 ], trade finance [ 4 ], lending [ 5 ], off-balance sheet activity [ 6 ] to name but a few. Another area where there was a significant impact for many banks was in the volume and complexity of the new financial regulations and subsequent expansion of banks’ compliance requirements [ 7 – 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The banking landscape has changed significantly over the last couple of decades and especially after the 2008 financial crisis. New regulations had an impact on many aspects of banking activity including: liquidity [ 1 ], capital management [ 2 ], profitability [ 3 ], trade finance [ 4 ], lending [ 5 ], off-balance sheet activity [ 6 ], to name but a few. Another area where there was a significant impact for many banks was in the volume and complexity of the new financial regulations and subsequent expansion of banks’ compliance requirements [ 7 – 9 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%