Stress Testing

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Stress Testing

A process, usually computerized, that evaluates an institution's reaction to different situations. Specifically, stress testing measures whether the institution has adequate capital and/or assets to respond effectively to various, adverse scenarios presented by the computer program. Stress testing became particularly important in the United States in the spring of 2009 when Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner conducted a series on troubled American financial institutions to determine which were able to raise private capital and could therefore begin repaying TARP funds extended the previous year.

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However, these systems typically lack the ability to handle non-interest rate macro variables for stress testing purposes or determine the loss component on various loan portfolios under different economic scenarios.

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Since stress testing is "a tool to evaluate the potential effects of specified changes in risk factors on a bank's financial position under a severe but plausible scenario," banks must develop "sound assumptions generally depicting events or scenarios that may result in significant losses and to assess the impact of these scenarios on the bank's performance or capital and liquidity positions," said the BSP.

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Based on the results of stress testing, the central bank explained banks could adopt proactive measures such as the implementation of capital build up initiatives or enhancement of risk management practices all aimed at improving their resilience in times of actual crisis.

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(2) Reliance on a single scenario violates good practice advice on stress testing and even common sense (see Finger 2008).

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Eight major UK banks and building societies have participated in the first concurrent stress testing exercise of the UK banking system, the results of which Britain's central bank the Bank of England revealed on Tuesday.

Bank of England declares results of first concurrent stress testing exercise of UK banking system

The 2014 UK stress testing exercise will be built on the EU-wide stress test, which was announced in January this year by the European Banking Authority (EBA).

Details of UK stress test for major UK bank and building societies revealed by Bank of England