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(GSIFI) Globally operating Systemically Important Financial Institution.
(GSIFI).
 
Globally operating Systemically Important Financial Institution.  
 
(Often written as 'Global systemically important financial institution'.)


Sometimes known as a Global SIFI.
Sometimes known as a Global SIFI.


The idea developed for [[too big to fail]] banks. Appetite whetted, regulators in the [[Financial Stablity Board]] then looked around for non-bank institutions, for example insurance companies or large investors.
 
A G-SIFI is a large institution whose potential failure would have widespread negative effects in the broader financial system.
 
For this reason, these institutions are subject to more stringent regulation and capital adequacy requirements than others.
 
 
The idea developed for [[Too Big To Fail]] banks often distinguished by the [[Financial Stability Board]] as "global systemically important banks" (G-SIBs).
 
Regulators in the FSB then identified similarly important non-bank institutions, for example insurance companies or large investors.
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Bank supervision]]
* [[Capital adequacy]]
* [[Global SIFI]]
* [[Global SIFI]]
* [[G-SIB]]
* [[G-SII]]
* [[Too Big To Fail]]
* [[Too Big To Fail]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 15:11, 1 July 2022

(GSIFI).

Globally operating Systemically Important Financial Institution.

(Often written as 'Global systemically important financial institution'.)

Sometimes known as a Global SIFI.


A G-SIFI is a large institution whose potential failure would have widespread negative effects in the broader financial system.

For this reason, these institutions are subject to more stringent regulation and capital adequacy requirements than others.


The idea developed for Too Big To Fail banks often distinguished by the Financial Stability Board as "global systemically important banks" (G-SIBs).

Regulators in the FSB then identified similarly important non-bank institutions, for example insurance companies or large investors.


See also