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•BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS• Part I: Research Discussion Papers Interrelationships Among Safety-Net Participants Abstract: Deposit insurance is one component of many countries’ financial safety net, which also includes prudential regulation and supervision, and the lender-of-last-resort function. In many countries, a department of the government—generally, the ministry of finance or the treasury—also plays an important role in the financial safety net. The interrelationships among these players can vary significantly and are the outgrowth of the institutional, economic and financial situation of a country, as well as of its history. In order to design an effective deposit insurance system and to contribute to an effective financial safety net, smooth cooperation and goodwill among a country’s financial safety-net participants are essential. Information sharing and coordination are particularly relevant, and explicit arrangements should be designed to avoid or minimise potential conflicts among safety-net participants. The more complex the safety-net institutional set-up is, the more relevant the “interrelationships issue” becomes. The need for coordinated actions by safety-net participants is particularly important when the need to handle bank failures arises. There also needs to be a strong accountability regime in place. The following paper represents the work of the Subgroup on Interrelationships among Safety- Net Participants. 1 Every country has a safety net that underpins the financial system. This safety net usually includes the central bank, a department of the government such as the ministry of finance or the treasury, an entity responsible for prudential regulation and supervision, and, in many cases, a deposit insurer or a deposit insurance agency. The paper focuses on: 1) how the institutional set-up of a country’s safety net influences the interrelationships among the various agencies involved; 2) information sharing between safety-net participants; and 3) the need for coordination among safety-net participants. Interrelationships and the Institutional Set-Up of a Country’s Safety Net Deposit insurance is one component of many countries’ financial safety net, which also includes prudential regulation and supervision, and the lender-of-last-resort function. In many countries, including those countries represented in the Subgroup, a department of the government— generally, the ministry of finance or the treasury— also plays an important role in the financial safety net. For example, officials from the ministry of finance or treasury are key players when a crisismanagement situation may necessitate the use of government resources. 93 Guidance for Developing Effective Deposit Insurance Systems: Volume II
•BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS• Part I: Research The interrelationships among the safety-net participants can vary significantly. These interrelationships are the outgrowth of the institutional, economic and financial situation of a country, and of its history. Irrespective of the specific structure of a country’s financial safety net, however, smooth cooperation and goodwill among the various components are key to an effective deposit insurance system. A well-designed safety net is integral to a smoothfunctioning financial system and contributes to economic stability. A need for coordination exists in any institutional set-up, as three different instruments—deposit insurance, lender of last resort and supervision— are used, each with its own criteria, to achieve the common objective of banking-system stability. However, the nature and the extent of the problem vary with the specific institutional set-up a country has adopted. When a single agent—generally the central bank— acts simultaneously as lender of last resort, banking supervisor and deposit insurer, the interrelationships issue is an internal matter and thus should be capable of being dealt with and resolved relatively simply. The smooth resolution of potential conflicts is dependent on an adequate accountability regime among the departments that are responsible for each mandate. When, however, the functions of lender of last resort, banking supervisor and deposit insurer are allocated to separate agencies, the interrelationships issue may be more complex, as each agency is held accountable for discharging its own mandate. 2 As a consequence, various issues related to information sharing, allocation of powers and responsibilities, and coordination among the different functions need to be clearly and explicitly addressed in order to promote and maintain the credibility of the safety net. There are no specific rules or guidelines to address and, possibly, resolve the interrelationships issue described above. Possible solutions by their very nature must be country-specific. Moreover, even within the same country, the safety-net institutional set-up and, therefore, the characteristics of the relationships among the various agencies evolve in response to changes in the country’s financial system. When a country decides to implement an independent deposit insurance system, or to reform an existing deposit insurance system, it is important that any “interrelationships issues” that may arise should be addressed. 3 This task is made easier if policymakers consider and are guided by what would be in the best interest of the general public. Information Sharing: Interrelationships and the Deposit Insurer’s Information Needs Information sharing among safety-net participants is essential to an effective deposit insurance system. Indeed, in order to discharge their mandates effectively, deposit insurers and other safety-net participants should have access to an adequate flow of information. The need for information on the part of the deposit insurer varies significantly according to its institutional mandate and its powers. In a simple paybox system, for example, the deposit insurer should have the necessary information to be able to reimburse depositors whenever necessary, including information on the amount of insured deposits held by individual depositors. For its part, a risk-minimising deposit insurer has greater needs for information because of its broader mandate. It must be able to assess the financial condition both of the industry and of individual insured institutions, as well as to anticipate the financial troubles of individual institutions and to deal with them effectively when they arise. Thus, depending on its mandate, a risk-minimising deposit insurer may need macro-level—industry information—and micro-level information— 94 Guidance for Developing Effective Deposit Insurance Systems: Volume II
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