Measuring off-Balance-Sheet Leverage /

The simultaneous unwinding of leveraged positions can trigger financial market turbulence. Although balance-sheet measures of leverage are available, it is useful to construct a measure of leverage that incorporates both on- and off-balance-sheet activities. This paper provides measures of leverage...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Breuer, Peter
التنسيق: دورية
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
سلاسل:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/202
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Full text available on IMF
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الملخص:The simultaneous unwinding of leveraged positions can trigger financial market turbulence. Although balance-sheet measures of leverage are available, it is useful to construct a measure of leverage that incorporates both on- and off-balance-sheet activities. This paper provides measures of leverage implicit in derivative contracts by decomposing the contracts into cash market equivalent components. A leverage ratio can then be calculated for this replicating portfolio, which consists of own funds (equity) and borrowed funds equivalents (debt). Methods for aggregating leverage by institution and by markets are presented. The interaction between leverage and risk is discussed, and a modified capital adequacy ratio is calculated, which captures off-balance-sheet exposure.
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