In many countries, legislators have introduced special bank resolution regimes in order to handle the "too-big-to-fail"-(TBTF)-problem. Bank resolution schemes allow supervisors to restructure or liquidate an ailing bank, even without the consent of the bank owners. We identify key elements of...

The efficacy of the Financial Stability Board's proposed requirement for minimum "total loss absorbing capacity" (TLAC) at global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) is assessed using a stylized model of a bank holding company and an equilibrium asset pricing model to value financial claims. I...

Remarks at the Tenth Asia-Pacific High Level Meeting on Banking Supervision, Auckland, New Zealand