Banking Supervision at the Crossroads

This book charts the consequences for banking supervision of two stylized developments that over the last decade have characterized the global financial landscape: the integration of cross-sector and cross-border financial services.

Contents: Part I: Introduction 1. Banking Supervision at the Crossroads: Background and Overview 2. A Brief History of the Institutional Design of Banking Supervision in the Netherlands Part II: Convergence of Supervisory Practices 3. Opening Remarks 4. A Functional Approach to Fifty Years of Banking Supervision 5. The New Single Regulator in Germany 6. The Role of the Eurosystem in Prudential Supervision 7. Convergence in Supervision: A Commercial Banker's Perspective Part III: Issues in the Theory of Banking Supervision 8. The Optimum Regulatory Environment 9. The Effectiveness of Deposit Insurance 10. Credit Risk Measurement and Procyclicality 11. Economic Versus Regulatory Capital for Financial Conglomerates Index