4. BEyOnd liquidity risk
The key question arising from this magnificent exercise is very simple: what do we do now?
Starting from the balance sheet itself, the funding mix is determined by two main drivers. On the one hand, by the Liquidity Coverage Ratio, which mandates a certain buffer size given Make no mistake, these are very serious consequences. Taking the Liquidity Risk Exercise seriously leads to a very simple conclusion. Liquidity Risk is simply a new constraint to Asset-/ Liability Management, which in turn ought to be the cashflows the bank is facing in the short term, hence discouraging short term borrowing. On the other hand, the Net Stable Funding Ratio dictates an overall funding structure where long term commitments must (for a large part, at least) be financed using long-term liabilities. This funding structure will have two very important consequences, which act as a constraint, too.