{"title":"How Do Global Systemically Important Banks Lower Capital Surcharges?","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s10693-024-00426-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Abstract</h3> <p>Global systemically important banks (GSIBs) are subject to capital surcharges that increase with systemic importance indicators. We show that U.S. GSIBs lower their surcharges to a large extent by reducing one indicator—the notional amount of over-the-counter derivatives—in the fourth quarter of each year, the quarter that determines surcharges. This seasonal drop is stronger at GSIBs than at other banks, it increased after GSIB surcharges were introduced, and it is largely driven by interest rate swaps. We discuss implications of these results for the design of systemic importance indicators.</p>","PeriodicalId":51503,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Financial Services Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Financial Services Research","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10693-024-00426-w","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BUSINESS, FINANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Global systemically important banks (GSIBs) are subject to capital surcharges that increase with systemic importance indicators. We show that U.S. GSIBs lower their surcharges to a large extent by reducing one indicator—the notional amount of over-the-counter derivatives—in the fourth quarter of each year, the quarter that determines surcharges. This seasonal drop is stronger at GSIBs than at other banks, it increased after GSIB surcharges were introduced, and it is largely driven by interest rate swaps. We discuss implications of these results for the design of systemic importance indicators.
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The Journal of Financial Services Research publishes high quality empirical and theoretical research on the demand, supply, regulation, and pricing of financial services. Financial services are broadly defined to include banking, risk management, capital markets, mutual funds, insurance, venture capital, consumer and corporate finance, and the technologies used to produce, distribute, and regulate these services. Macro-financial policy issues, including comparative financial systems, the globalization of financial services, and the impact of these phenomena on economic growth and financial stability, are also within the JFSR’s scope of interest. The Journal seeks to promote research that enriches the profession’s understanding of financial services industries, to elevate industry and product efficiencies, as well as to inform the debate and promote the formulation of sound public policies. Officially cited as: J Financ Serv Res