Friday, June 01, 2007

Bloomberg Focus

15 August 2006

Increased regulation of derivatives mkts.
Fundamental theorem of asset pricing.
Risk-neutral valuation.
Arbitrage pricing theory.

Deputy Governor Nestor Espenilla

1) Everyone is slowly moving to Basel 2 Accord

2) Market risk management

3) Financial liberalization - relaxation of banking regulations, intensified competition. Change in emphasis from profit-oriented to risk-return management.

4) sound risk management systems quantify prices and control risk.

5) Fixed income exchange - increase secondary market trading

6) Risk-based examination of recent banks

7) New regulations do not unduly prohibit banks to avail recent/new products

8) VAR - market risk capital requirement. banking - highly dynamic industry, growing complexity, sophistication and concentration.

9) capital treatment for market risk remain unchanged.

10) capital treatment for counterparty credit

- Internal Model Method (IMM)
- Standardize Method
- Current Exposure Method: presently applied domestically

11) Capital treatment

- failed transaction
- double default
- operational risk capital change

12) basic standard approach

13) a. change in market structure, b. increased trading account.