Prudential Element in Bank Regulation

Abstract

The article analyzes genesis of scientific cognition of the prudential element in banking regulation. Principles of prudential regulation were fixed in the Basel committee on bank supervision and were aimed at minimization of system risk in the banking sphere and certain credit organizations, as well as provision of depositors’ security. The authors showed stages of prudential regulation development, within the frames of which conceptual and essential parameters of the notion, its character and implementation mechanisms kept changing. Theoretical approaches to prudential regulation research that state the conceptual cut of the notion in academic discourse were studied; prudential regulation on macro- and micro-economic level was analyzed and specific character of the current standing of prudential regulation in banking sector was described.

Keywords

• prudential regulation
• macro-prudential regulation
• micro-prudential regulation
• system risk of the banking sphere
• stress resistance of banks