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1 Lessons from the sub-prime crisis Kevin Davis Commonwealth Bank Chair of Finance, University of Melbourne Director, The Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies www.melbournecentre.com.au [email protected] November 2008

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Lessons from the sub-prime crisis

Kevin Davis

Commonwealth Bank Chair of Finance, University of Melbourne

Director, The Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies

www.melbournecentre.com.au

[email protected]

November 2008

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Outline

• Origins of the Crisis• Features of the Crisis• Regulatory Responses• Future Regulatory Responses

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Origins of the Crisis

• Financial engineering and financial products• Liquidity creation and leverage• “Shadow banking” & risk sharing and

spreading• Inadequate public information

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An Increasingly Complex Financial System

CentralBank

Banks & ADIs

InvestmentBanks

ManagedFunds

HedgeFunds

Pension Funds

FinanceCos.

InsuranceCos.

PrivateEquity

CashCash

CDO’sCDO’s

RMBSRMBS

CFDsCFDs

FuturesFutures

SwapsSwapsOptions

Options

Warrants

Warrants

ABCPABCP

Conduits

ConduitsSIV’sSIV’s

Debentures

Debentures

IndexedIndexedFundsFunds

Margin

MarginLoans

Loans

ShortShortSellingSelling

SecuritiesSecuritiesLendingLending Reverse

ReverseReposRepos

ReposReposDepositsDeposits

FXFX

BondsBonds

SharesShares

LoansLoans

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Origins of the Crisis

• Financial engineering and financial products• Liquidity creation and leverage• “Shadow banking” & risk sharing and

spreading• Inadequate public information

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Easy Credit – An ExampleLarge Business Credit Spreads - Australia

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0.5

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1.5

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2.5

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Sep-98

Sep-99

Sep-00

Sep-01

Sep-02

Sep-03

Sep-04

Sep-05

Sep-06

Sep-07

Quarter

%

Spread over 30 day bank bill rate

Source: RBA

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Origins of the Crisis

• Financial engineering and financial products• Liquidity creation and leverage• “Shadow banking” & risk sharing and

spreading• Inadequate public information

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An Interdependent Financial System

CentralBank

Banks & ADIs

InvestmentBanks

ManagedFunds

HedgeFunds

Pension Funds

FinanceCos.

InsuranceCos.

PrivateEquity

CashCash

CDO’sCDO’s

RMBSRMBS

CFDsCFDs

FuturesFutures

SwapsSwapsOptions

Options

Warrants

Warrants

ABCPABCP

Conduits

ConduitsSIV’sSIV’s

Debentures

Debentures

IndexedIndexedFundsFunds

Margin

MarginLoans

Loans

ShortShortSellingSelling

SecuritiesSecuritiesLendingLending Reverse

ReverseReposRepos

ReposReposDepositsDeposits

FXFX

BondsBonds

SharesShares

LoansLoans

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Origins of the Crisis

• Financial engineering and financial products• Liquidity creation and leverage• “Shadow banking” & risk sharing and

spreading• Inadequate public information

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Public Information

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A simple explanation

Ian Ramsay April 1, 2008 http://business.theage.com.au/opes-prime-who-understood/20080331-22qf.html

Illustration: Michael Leunig

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Features of the Crisis

• Consumer sophistication• Incentive structures• Outsourcing due diligence• Regulatory avoidance• Inadequate risk management systems• Excessive liquidity creation

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Features of the Crisis

• “Shadow banking sector” importance• Deposit insurance inadequacy• “Freezing” of funding and asset liquidity• Liquidity support facility arrangements• Inadequacy of risk based capital• Globalization issues• “Flight to quality” issues

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Regulatory Responses

• Protection of national banking systems• Liquidity Creation/restoration• Bail Outs• Temporary regulations

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Regulatory Responses

• Protection of national banking systems• Liquidity Creation/restoration• Bail Outs• Temporary regulations

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The Flight to Quality Effect

CentralBank

Banks & ADIs

InvestmentBanks

ManagedFunds

HedgeFunds

Pension Funds

FinanceCos.

InsuranceCos.

PrivateEquity

CashCash

CDO’sCDO’s

RMBSRMBS

CFDsCFDs

FuturesFutures

SwapsSwapsOptions

Options

Warrants

Warrants

ABCPABCP

Conduits

ConduitsSIV’sSIV’s

Debentures

Debentures

IndexedIndexedFundsFunds

Margin

MarginLoans

Loans

ShortShortSellingSelling

SecuritiesSecuritiesLendingLending Reverse

ReverseReposRepos

ReposReposDepositsDeposits

FXFX

BondsBonds

SharesShares

LoansLoans

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Regulatory Responses

• Protection of national banking systems• Liquidity Creation/restoration• Bail Outs• Temporary regulations

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Socializing the losses

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Regulatory Responses

• Protection of national banking systems• Liquidity Creation/restoration• Bail Outs• Temporary regulations

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A Fragile Financial System?

CentralBank

Banks & ADIs

InvestmentBanks

ManagedFunds

HedgeFunds

Pension Funds

FinanceCos.

InsuranceCos.

PrivateEquity

CashCash

CDO’sCDO’s

RMBSRMBS

CFDsCFDs

FuturesFutures

SwapsSwapsOptions

Options

Warrants

Warrants

ABCPABCP

Conduits

ConduitsSIV’sSIV’s

Debentures

Debentures

IndexedIndexedFundsFunds

Margin

MarginLoans

Loans

ShortShortSellingSelling

SecuritiesSecuritiesLendingLending Reverse

ReverseReposRepos

ReposReposDepositsDeposits

FXFX

BondsBonds

SharesShares

LoansLoans

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Banking Crises: 1980-96

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Financial Crises since 1996

• Asian crisis 1997• Russian crisis 1998 (& Long Term Capital

Management)• Brazil 1999• DotCom Bubble 2000• Argentina 2001• “since the collapse of Argentina in 2001, the international financial

system has been an oasis of stability. Some believe this is merely good luck, and that the bad old days will return. They are wrong.” Andrew K. Rose 31 May 2007 CEPR Policy Insight No. 1, June 2007

• http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/199• Subprime Crisis – June 2007 - ??

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Future Regulatory Issues

• Central Bank targets• Macro-prudential policy• Mark-to-market accounting• Deposit Insurance• “Too big/important to fail”• Automatic recapitalization stabilizers

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Future Regulatory Issues

• Basel II• Domain of Prudential Regulation• Reporting and Information Requirements• Promoting organized exchanges• Transactions taxes and volatility

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Future Regulatory Issues

• Governance and agency problems• Financial consumer protection• Securitization structures• Financial sector concentration

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Conclusion

• Was it inevitable – probably!• Who’s to blame – enough for all to share!

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Conclusion

• Was it inevitable – probably!• Who’s to blame – enough for all to share!• Will a depression result – probably not!• Will similar financial crises recur – probably!• Will the financial system be restructured

– Needs to be, but vested interests are strong!