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Credit Risk Dynamics of Infrastructure Investment: Considerations for Financial Regulators

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dc.contributor.authorJobst, Andreas A.
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T17:09:00Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T17:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-22
dc.description.abstractPrudential regulation of infrastructure investment plays an important role in creating an enabling environment for mobilizing long-term finance from institutional investors, such as insurance companies, and, thus, gives critical support to sustainable development. Infrastructure projects are asset-intensive and generate predictable and stable cash flows over the long term, with low correlation to other assets; hence they provide a natural match for insurers' liabilities-driven investment strategies. The historical default experience of infrastructure debt suggests a "hump-shaped" credit risk profile, which converges to investment grade quality within a few years after financial close -- supported by a consistently high recovery rate with limited cross-country variation in non-accrual events. However, the resilient credit performance of infrastructure -- also in emerging market and developing economies -- is not reflected in the standardized approaches for credit risk in most regulatory frameworks. Capital charges would decline significantly for a differentiated regulatory treatment of infrastructure debt as a separate asset class. Supplementary analysis suggests that also banks would benefit from greater differentiation, but only over shorter risk horizons, encouraging a more efficient allocation of capital by shifting the supply of long-term funding to insurers.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/606411522326750586/Credit-Risk-Dynamics-of-Infrastructure-Investment-Considerations-for-Financial-Regulators
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/29540
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29540
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectCREDIT RISK
dc.subjectFINANCIAL REGULATION
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectPROJECT FINANCE
dc.subjectINSURANCE REGULATION
dc.subjectBANKING REGULATION
dc.subjectINSURANCE CAPITAL
dc.subjectSOLVENCY REGIME
dc.subjectBASIL III
dc.titleCredit Risk Dynamics of Infrastructure Investmenten
dc.title.subtitleConsiderations for Financial Regulatorsen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleCredit Risk Dynamics of Infrastructure Investment
okr.date.disclosure2018-03-29
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/606411522326750586/Credit-Risk-Dynamics-of-Infrastructure-Investment-Considerations-for-Financial-Regulators
okr.guid606411522326750586
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/29540
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08592760e_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29763701
okr.identifier.report124720
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/606411522326750586/pdf/124720-PUBLIC-Infrastructure-Regulation-Report-Mar28.pdfen
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Financial Regulation & Supervision
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::International Financial Markets
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Finance
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Regulation
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