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(v) The efficacy of the processes in place to ensure successful execution of

the solutions in times of need.

3. Potential Liquidity Risk Drivers:

The internal and external factors in banks that may potentially lead to liquidity
risk problems in Banks are as under:
Internal Banking Factors External Banking Factors
High off-balance sheet exposures. Very sensitive financial markets
depositors.
The banks rely heavily on the short- External and internal economic shocks.
term corporate deposits.
A gap in the maturity dates of assets Low/slow economic performances.
and liabilities.
The banks’ rapid asset expansions Decreasing depositors’ trust on the
exceed the available funds on the banking sector.
liability side
Concentration of deposits in the short Non-economic factors
term Tenor
Less allocation in the liquid government Sudden and massive liquidity
instruments. withdrawals from depositors.
Fewer placements of funds in long-term Unplanned termination of government
deposits. deposits.

4. Types of Liquidity Risk:

Banks face the following types of liquidity risk:

(i) Funding Liquidity Risk – the risk that a bank will not be able to meet efficiently
the expected and unexpected current and future cash flows and collateral
needs without affecting either its daily operations or its financial condition.
(ii) Market Liquidity Risk – the risk that a bank cannot easily offset or eliminate a
position at the prevailing market price because of inadequate market depth or
market disruption.

5. Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management:

After the global financial crisis, in recognition of the need for banks to improve
their liquidity risk management, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
(BCBS) published “Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and

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