Funding liquidity
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Sources
Considering sources of bank liquidity is the key to funding liquidity. The first source is depositors. And the second one is market. Banks always can sell assets or make liquidity by securitization, Syndicated Loan and secondary market mortgage as sponsor or distributor in capital market. In addition, banks can gain liquidity through inter-bank market which is the most important origin for liquidity. Finally, bank can get fund-raising direct from Central Bank.
Compared to market liquidity
Funding liquidity, market liquidity and the degree of their correlation are significant measurements to evaluate the development of financial market.[2] Both funding liquidity and market liquidity are definitions which reflect movement of market. Good market liquidity means financial assets can become assets realization following market price in time. That leads to a good funding liquidity that investors or speculators raise fund from financial market smoothly.
The difference between funding liquidity and market liquidity is that liquidity is about degree of freedom and economical efficiency for borrowing financial assets but market liquidity is for selling financial assets.
Risk
As the possibility that over a specific horizon the bank will become unable to settle obligations with immediacy, funding liquidity risk is another significant definition to describe economic ability.[3] According to IMF, funding liquidity risk means latent of possible that financial intermediary is unable to repay the liability in expiration of obligation. Funding liquidity risk relies on the four liquidity sources above. The features of funding liquidity risk and market liquidity risk are similar. For most time, Funding liquidity risk is low and stable, and occasionally makes great shook.
Influences of risk and profit
The liquidity and profitability of the funding are changing in opposite direction. If cash is the most liquid assets, but a kind of non-profit assets at the same time, it cannot bring any benefits to enterprise.[4]
References
- ↑ Brunnermeier, M. K., & Pedersen, L. H. (2009). Market liquidity and funding liquidity. Social Science Electronic Publishing, 22(6), 2201-2238.
- ↑ Chiu, J., Chung, H., Ho, K. Y., & Wang, G. H. K. (2012). Funding liquidity and equity liquidity in the subprime crisis period: evidence from the etf market. Journal of Banking & Finance, 36(9), 2660-2671.
- ↑ Drehmann, M., & Nikolaou, K. (2009). Funding liquidity risk: definition and measurement. Ssrn Electronic Journal, 37(7), 2173–2182.
- ↑ Haan, L. D., & End, J. W. V. D. (2013). Banks’ responses to funding liquidity shocks: lending adjustment, liquidity hoarding and fire sales. .Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money, 26(1), 152-174.
