Implementing the countercyclical capital buffer in South Africa: Practical considerations
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Implementing the countercyclical capital buffer in South Africa: Practical considerations | |
| Creator | Burra, Pravin de Jongh, Pieter Juriaan Raubenheimer, Helgard van Vuuren, Gary Wiid, Henco | |
| Description | The Basel II regulatory framework significantly increased the resilience of the banking system, but proved ineffective in preventing the 2008/9 financial crisis. The subsequent introduction of Basel III aimed, inter alia, to supplement bank capital using buffers. The countercyclical buffer boosts existing minimum capital requirements when systemic risk surges are detected. Bolstering capital in favourable economic conditions cushions losses in unfavourable conditions, thereby addressing capital requirement procyclicality. This paper contains an overview of the countercyclical capital buffer and a critical discussion of its implementation as proposed in Basel III. Consequences of the buffer's introduction for South African banks are explored, and in particular, potential systemic risk indicator variables are identified that may be used by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) as early warning indicators of imminent systemic financial distress. These indicators may be of value to the SARB, which could use them in taking decisions on the build-up and release of the countercyclical buffer for South African banks. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2015-03-04 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajems.v18i1.956 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences; Vol 18, No 1 (2015); 105-127 2222-3436 1015-8812 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Relation |
The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article:
https://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/956/503
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT
