Plans afoot to extend D-SIBs’ asset size

“The idea of D-SIBs is generally to measure stress in each financial institution and (whether) that stress can spill over to the system. “We want to make sure that everyone is well buffered from such stress, ” she told reporters

PETALING JAYA: Consideration will be made to extend the asset size of domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs) to ensure domestic banks are well buffered against any disruption, Bank Negara assistant governor Jessica Chew says.

D-SIBs refer to banks whose distress or failure has the potential to cause considerable disruption to the domestic financial system and the wider economy.