Ring Fencing

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Definition

Ring Fencing is the supervisory process of protecting the assets or liquidity of a foreign branch or subsidiary by limiting its exposures or liabilities to the parent bank and banking group.

In the context of a conglomerate entity, the term is used to describe the process of protecting a bank from adverse impact of events occurring in the wider corporate group, especially those engaging in unsupervised activities.[1]


References

  1. BCBS, Supervisory Guidance on Dealing with Weak Banks, March 2002