Departmental Papers

Regulating, Supervising, and Handling Distress in Public Banks

ByMark Adams, Hanife Yesim Aydin, Hee Kyong Chon, Anastasiia Morozova, Ebru S Iskender

May 2, 2022

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Mark Adams, Hanife Yesim Aydin, Hee Kyong Chon, Anastasiia Morozova, and Ebru S Iskender. "Regulating, Supervising, and Handling Distress in Public Banks", Departmental Papers 2022, 010 (2022), accessed 12/6/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616359041.087

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Summary

This paper highlights the distinct challenges and suggests practical solutions to the effective regulation, supervision, and crisis management for public banks. It acknowledges that public banks exist for variety of reasons (legacy, ideology, public policy) and will likely remain a feature of financial systems in a number of countries. On this basis, it provides advice on how to best incorporate public banks in the regulatory paradigm commensurate with their risk profiles.

Subject: Bank resolution framework, Commercial banks, Corporate governance, Economic sectors, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Public enterprises, State-owned banks

Keywords: arm's-length governance structure, Bank resolution framework, Commercial banks, corporate governance, Corporate governance, crisis management, development bank, development banks, Global, policy lending, privileged access, Public banks, Public enterprises, regulation, resolution, State supervision, State-owned banks, supervision

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