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The Global Financial Crisis and Its Impact on A ustralian Bank Risk
Author(s) -
Bollen Bernard,
Skully Michael,
Tripe David,
Wei Xiaoting
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international review of finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.489
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-2443
pISSN - 1369-412X
DOI - 10.1111/irfi.12041
Subject(s) - financial crisis , systemic risk , financial system , business , recession , systematic risk , finance , economics , keynesian economics , macroeconomics
This paper examines the global financial crisis ( GFC ) and its impact on Australian banking risk. An augmented market model is developed to identify changes in listed A ustralian bank systematic risk in relation to three key events: the GFC 's start in A ugust 2007, the market downturn in A ustralian and global share markets in J anuary 2008, and the announcement of A ustralia's Deposit and Wholesale Funding Guarantee ( DWFG ) scheme on 12 O ctober 2008. The study also examines changes in bank systemic risk during these event periods. The Australian market offers a unique opportunity to observe the impact of the introduction of the DWFG in that it lacked any explicit deposit insurance prior to the crisis. Initially, the crisis period had little impact on bank systematic risk while bank systemic risk increased considerably. The share market downturn caused a marked increase in both systematic and systemic risks for A ustralia's major internationally connected banks followed by a reduction in both systematic and systemic risks with the introduction of the guarantee scheme for all Australian banks.