Systemically important banks and capital regulation challenges

Bank regulation might have contributed to or even reinforced adverse systemic shocks that materialised during the financial crisis.

Issues in private sector finance in Israel

The 2008-09 global financial crisis did not result in the failure of any major financial institution in Israel, but it did reveal vulnerabilities in the non banking sector – particularly in the corporate bond market.

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