The regulatory risk-free yield curve has a direct impact on the behaviour of insurers. It affects their provisioning and may influence hedging and investments choices. As a result, its design and derivation from market data are important. This report considers the macroprudential consequences of...

We set out a stylised framework for the policies enacted to address the risks posed by systemically important institutions (SIIs) and to counter the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) problem, examining conceptually how far supervisory and resolution policies are complementary or substitutable. The...