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Workshop on financial stability and banking

This April 2004 workshop discussed how banks operate and compete with one another, how to think about ways in which economic shocks might affect banks, and how regulators can deal with banks that are under stress.

Published date:
Past Event
Tuesday, 27 April 2004 to Tuesday, 27 April 2004
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Programme

Welcome: Alan Bollard, Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand

Session 1: Two perspectives on competition and efficiency

Competition and organisational and market structures in banking
Presented by: Lew Evans (Victoria University of Wellington and Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation)
Discussant: Peter Mumford (Ministry of Economic Development)

Session 2

Efficiency in integrated banking markets – Australia and New Zealand
Presented by: David Tripe (Massey University)
Discussant: John Owens (Victoria University of Wellington)

Session 3: Bank problem resolution

Too big to fail in US bank
Presented by: George Kaufman (Loyola University Chicago)
Discussant: Phil Lowe (Reserve Bank of Australia)

Banking regulation and foreign-owned banks
Presented by: George Kaufman (Loyola University Chicago)
Discussant: Phil Lowe (Reserve Bank of Australia)

Session 4: A perspective on bank capital

Is bank capital expensive?
Presented by: Ian Harrison (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)
Discussant: Glenn Boyle (Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation)

Session 5: Two perspectives on stress testing

Stress testing the New Zealand banking system
Presented by: Ian Woolford (Reserve Bank of New Zealand)

A banker's reactions to the stress-testing exercise
Presented by: Michael Lau (ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand) Limited)