Staff Discussion Notes

Contingent Capital: Economic Rationale and Design Features

By Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Jianping Zhou, Vanessa Le Lesle, Michael Moore

January 25, 2011

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Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Jianping Zhou, Vanessa Le Lesle, and Michael Moore. Contingent Capital: Economic Rationale and Design Features, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed November 6, 2024

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Summary

The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain the crisis and protect financial stability. These interventions have not only contributed to a significant increase in sovereign exposures but, in many countries, they have also risked weakening market discipline and worsening moral hazard.

Subject: Banking, Basel III, Capital adequacy requirements, Contingent capital, Contingent convertible capital, Stocks

Keywords: Capital, Capital ratio, Equity capital, SDN, Share price

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    34

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  • Series:

    Staff Discussion Notes No. 2011/001

  • Stock No:

    SDNEA2011001

  • ISBN:

    9781462304141

  • ISSN:

    2617-6750