DVB Bank opts for the Liquidity solution from FERNBACH
By opting for FlexFinance Liquidity, DVB Bank AG benefits from a reliable and consistent solution to meet the requirements for risk management
Initial situation
The second pillar of the new Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) requires comprehensive management of liquidity or liquidity risks in banks. Once the Basel Accord was passed, various national guidelines had to be up-dated and amended. The minimum requirements for risk management (MaRisk), issued by the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), forms an assessment basis for incorporating Basel II standards into the German Banking Supervisory Law. Demands are being made for a comprehensive risk analysis.
Besides the consolidation of current individual regulations focus is centering on the implementation of the second pillar of Basel II.
A basis for the supervisory review process is to be formed.
Besides fulfilling the regulatory requirements for risk limitation, an up-to-date liquidity management strategy can uncover considerable income potential for financial institutions. Other ratings or nonrating-driven changes in a bank’s own credit spread lead to changes in refunding options for the institutions on the interbank market. Changes of several basis points, frequently observed in credit spreads, result in considerable differences in the balance sheet and the P&L account when refunding volumes are high.
The challenges for DVB Bank AG
One of the tasks with the highest priority in bank management has always been to ensure solvency as well as a favourable and stable funding basis.
The new standards in Basel II or MaRisk lay out rules and organisational requirements for risk management and risk controlling processes which present new challenges for financial institutions.
