FSI Award 2010 Winning Paper
Regulatory use of system-wide estimations of PD, LGD and EAD
Jesus Alan Elizondo Flores Tania Lemus Basualdo Ana Regina Quintana Sordo Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Mexico
September 2010
JEL classification: G21, G28
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Foreword
The Financial Stability Institute is pleased to present the winning FSI Award paper for 2010. This award, given every two years at the time of the International Conference of Banking Supervisors, was established to encourage thought and research on issues relevant to banking supervisors globally. In 2010, nine papers were received from central banks and supervisory authorities in eight countries. A jury of highly qualified individuals read all of the papers and chose the winner. The group was chaired by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements. It also included Mrs Ruth de Krivoy, former President of the Central Bank of Venezuela; Mr Nick LePan, former Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Canada; Mr Charles Freeland, former Deputy Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; and Mr Stefan Walter, Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The jury members and the FSI are pleased to announce that the paper authored by Mr Jesus Alan Elizondo