Assessing Liquidity Buffers in the Panamanian Banking Sector

By Andras Komaromi, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, Torsten Wezel

October 14, 2016

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Andras Komaromi, Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov, and Torsten Wezel. Assessing Liquidity Buffers in the Panamanian Banking Sector, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

This paper assesses the resilience of Panamanian banks to (i) a very severe short-term, and (ii) a significant long-lasting liquidity shock scenario. Short-term liquidity buffers are evaluated by approximating the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) defined in the Basel III accord. The risk of losing a substantial part of foreign funding is analyzed through a conventional liquidity stress test scrutinizing several layers of liquidity across maturity buckets. The results of this study point to some vulnerabilities. First, our approximations indicate that about half of Panamanian banks would need to adjust their liquid asset portfolios to meet current LCR standards. Second, while most banks would be able to meet funding outflows in the stress-test scenario, a number of banks would have to use up all of their liquidity buffers, and a few even face a final shortfall. Nonetheless, most banks displaying sizable liquidity shortfalls have robust solvency positions.

Subject: Asset and liability management, Banking, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial sector policy and analysis, Liquidity, Liquidity requirements, Liquidity stress testing, Securities

Keywords: A number of bank, Bank, Bank funding, Bank liquidity, Banking sector, Commercial banks, Funding, Funding outflow, Global, Illiquid bank, LCR, LCR calculation, LCR standard, Liquid asset, Liquidity, Liquidity gap, Liquidity regulation, Liquidity requirements, Liquidity shortfall, Liquidity stress testing, Liquidity stress tests, Panamanian bank, Parent bank, Securities, Stress scenario, WP

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22
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2016/200
Stock No:

WPIEA2016200
ISBN:

9781475544824
ISSN:

1018-5941

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