4.7 WORLDWIDE DEFICIENCIES IN RISK MANAGEMENT
Poor risk management is succinctly summarised within the declaration issued by the G2019
at their summit held in Washington on 15 November 2008, aimed at restoring global growth.
Item 3 of the declaration (listed under the heading “root causes of the current crisis”) is as
follows (emphasis added):
During a period of strong global growth, growing capital flows and prolonged stability earlier this
decade, market participants sought higher yields without an adequate appreciation of the risks and
failed to exercise proper due diligence. At the same time, weak underwriting standards, unsound
risk management practices, increasingly complex and opaque financial products and consequent
excessive leverage combined to create vulnerabilities in the system. Policy makers, regulators
and supervisors, in some advanced countries, did not adequately appreciate and address the risks
building up in financial markets, keep pace with financial innovation, or take into account the
systematic ramifications of domestic regulatory actions.20
Apart from the perception of its negative impact on investment banks, poor risk management
is considered to have led to the collapse of asset prices. As Andrew Haldane explained,21 by
early 2009 world equity prices lost more than three-quarters of their gains during the Golden
Decade,22 with bank share prices losing almost 60% of their value. In the face of these falls risk
management systems across all institutions were considered to have been woefully inadequate.
4.7 WORLDWIDE DEFICIENCIES IN RISK MANAGEMENTPoor risk management is succinctly summarised within the declaration issued by the G2019at their summit held in Washington on 15 November 2008, aimed at restoring global growth.Item 3 of the declaration (listed under the heading “root causes of the current crisis”) is asfollows (emphasis added):During a period of strong global growth, growing capital flows and prolonged stability earlier thisdecade, market participants sought higher yields without an adequate appreciation of the risks andfailed to exercise proper due diligence. At the same time, weak underwriting standards, unsoundrisk management practices, increasingly complex and opaque financial products and consequentexcessive leverage combined to create vulnerabilities in the system. Policy makers, regulatorsand supervisors, in some advanced countries, did not adequately appreciate and address the risksbuilding up in financial markets, keep pace with financial innovation, or take into account thesystematic ramifications of domestic regulatory actions.20Apart from the perception of its negative impact on investment banks, poor risk managementis considered to have led to the collapse of asset prices. As Andrew Haldane explained,21 byearly 2009 world equity prices lost more than three-quarters of their gains during the GoldenDecade,22 with bank share prices losing almost 60% of their value. In the face of these falls riskmanagement systems across all institutions were considered to have been woefully inadequate.
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