02231cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014675 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498329576 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Switzerland : Technical Note-Stress Testing the Banking System. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Technical Note on Stress Testing the Banking System on Switzerland summarizes the stress tests undertaken for the Swiss banking system as part of the 2013 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update. The objective of this exercise has been to assess the resilience of the banking system to major macroeconomic shocks and sources of risk. The stress tests focused on the banking system and covered almost the entire banking system. Systemic banks should continue the front-loaded build-up in capital buffers, which has contributed to their resilience to shocks. The results suggest that the two large banks should continue the front-loaded build-up in capital buffers, which has contributed to their resilience to shocks. Stress tests results for the two large systemic banks are sensitive to the definition of capital. Stress tests results suggest that banks in other banking categories are well capitalized. Notwithstanding important data limitations and relying on broad assumptions based on aggregate and partial information, stress tests show that capital ratios remain broadly adequate for most banks under all scenarios. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/267 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2014/267/002.2014.issue-267-en.xml IMF e-Library