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Credit Risk Transfer and Bank Insolvency Risk

Authors: van Oordt, Maarten;

Credit Risk Transfer and Bank Insolvency Risk

Abstract

La présente étude montre que, toutes choses égales par ailleurs, certaines opérations de transfert, à des tiers investisseurs, du risque de crédit du portefeuille titrisé accroissent le risque d’insolvabilité des banques, ce qui est particulièrement vrai si les banques cèdent la tranche prioritaire et conservent une position de premières pertes suffisamment importante. Les résultats obtenus ne tiennent pas compte du fait que le transfert du risque pourrait être suivi d’une augmentation du levier financier ou d’une prise de risque accrue, bien que ces comportements puissent accentuer le phénomène. Un levier financier élevé et un modèle d’entreprise axé sur la spécialisation augmentent la vulnérabilité inhérente au mécanisme. Ces constats présentent un intérêt certain pour les gestionnaires de risques et les autorités de réglementation bancaire : la littérature sur le transfert du risque de crédit et les asymétries d’information tend à préconiser la conservation des positions de premières pertes « sensibles à l’information ». La présente étude établit que, lorsque certaines conditions sont réunies, cette approche peut avoir des effets néfastes sur la stabilité financière. Ses conclusions invitent à une réflexion plus approfondie sur la structure des opérations de titrisation et sur l’assurance de portefeuille.

The present paper shows that, everything else equal, some transactions to transfer portfolio credit risk to third-party investors increase the insolvency risk of banks. This is particularly likely if a bank sells the senior tranche and retains a sufficiently large first-loss position. The results do not rely on banks increasing leverage after the risk transfer, nor on banks taking on new risks, although these could aggravate the effect. High leverage and concentrated business models increase the vulnerability to the mechanism. These results are useful for risk managers and banking regulation. The literature on credit risk transfers and information asymmetries generally tends to advocate the retention of ‘information-sensitive’ first-loss positions. The present study shows that, under certain conditions, such an approach may harm financial stability, and thus calls for further reflection on the structure of securitization transactions and portfolio insurance.

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Netherlands
Keywords

G28, Financial stability, ddc:330, Securitization, Financial institutions, Credit risk management, Banking, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, Risk management, G21, G32, Risk transfer, Credit risk, Insolvency risk

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