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RBA Glossary definition for solvency
solvency – The capacity of an entity to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. Solvency may be expressed as maintaining positive net-tangible assets.
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The Global Financial Environment
4 Oct 2019
FSR
– October 2019
However, liquidity and solvency strains have recently emerged at some smaller banks that rely heavily on short-term wholesale funding and have large holdings of risky investment securities issued by NBFIs. ... Graph 1.16. Banks with solvency problems
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2019/oct/global-financial-environment.html
The Global Financial Environment
10 Apr 2018
FSR
– April 2018
Graph 1.2. Moderate falls in asset prices or upticks in volatility seem unlikely to threaten the solvency of systemic financial institutions given regulatory and management measures taken since the financial
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2018/apr/global-financial-environment.html
Market Making in Bond Markets
19 Mar 2015
Bulletin
– March 2015
In November 2014, the Committee on the Global Financial System (CGFS) published a report on developments in market making and proprietary trading in fixed income and related derivative markets (CGFS 2014). The aim of the report was to facilitate a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/mar/7.html
Bank for International Settlements – Annual Report
10 Jul 1993
Bulletin
– July 1993
One such example is the experience of the US savings and loan industry in the wake of the sharp rise in interest rates in the early 1980s which undermined its solvency:
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1993/jul/2.html
From the Archives: The London Letters
18 Mar 2021
Bulletin
– March 2021
The Reserve Bank has a rich and unique archives that captures almost 2 centuries of primary source material about Australia's economic, financial and social history.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/mar/from-the-archives-the-london-letters.html
Box C: The Use of Banks' Capital Buffers
9 Oct 2020
FSR
– October 2020
Rules of Thumb for Bank Solvency Stress Testing. , International Monetary Fund (IMF) Working Paper No.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2020/oct/box-c-the-use-of-banks-capital-buffers.html
Financial Intermediaries
10 Sep 2004
FSR
– September 2004
Capital adequacy ratios remain around the highs of recent years and the solvency ratio (which measures the capital available to meet claims if the insurer is closed to new business) has
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2004/sep/fin-intermed.html
The Asset-backed Commercial Paper Market
10 Jan 2008
Bulletin
– January 2008
Under a bankruptcy remote structure, the solvency of the conduit is independent of the sponsor (and the sellers).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2008/jan/1.html
Developments in the Financial System Infrastructure
10 Mar 2004
FSR
– March 2004
This could have implications for the financial system more generally if the solvency of the central counterparty were threatened.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2004/mar/dev-sys-infra.html
The Global Financial Environment
10 Sep 2011
FSR
– September 2011
The aim of these measures is to shore up market confidence in banks' solvency given the weak domestic economies and their sizeable exposures to domestic sovereign debt.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2011/sep/global-fin-env.html