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'''SIFI'''
(SIFI).


A bank, insurance company, or other financial institution whose collapse could trigger a global financial crisis.
A financial firm whose disorderly failure would, because of its:
 
(i) Size,
(ii) Complexity, and
 
(iii) Systemic interconnectedness
 
cause significant disruption to the wider financial system and to economic activity in its (main) country or region of operation.
 
 
The idea was developed for banks considered too big to fail.
 
It has been extended to other types of institutions and the Financial Stability Oversight Council in the US, for example, has provisionally identified certain insurance companies and investors as potential US SIFIs.
 
 
== See also ==
* [[Global SIFI]]
*[[Institution ]]
*[[Institutional ]]
* [[Leverage Ratio]]
* [[Systemic risk]]
*[[Systemically Important Payment System]]  (SIPS)
* [[Too Big To Fail]]
 
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]

Latest revision as of 01:20, 16 November 2024

(SIFI).

A financial firm whose disorderly failure would, because of its:

(i) Size,

(ii) Complexity, and

(iii) Systemic interconnectedness

cause significant disruption to the wider financial system and to economic activity in its (main) country or region of operation.


The idea was developed for banks considered too big to fail.

It has been extended to other types of institutions and the Financial Stability Oversight Council in the US, for example, has provisionally identified certain insurance companies and investors as potential US SIFIs.


See also