Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. John Hurley:
The ... my understanding is there was a large institution that wasn't involved in that stress test. I didn't know that there was a distinction as you mentioned, I thought it was a large financial institution. Now ... but in relation to the Red Book and the ... the Red Book was an adjustment that came about in 2007 as a result of the experiences that came through the stress-testing exercise. The original manual was a black book, a fairly basic book, but nevertheless important because anyone involved in these exercises had to have a starting point and it was a starting point. The Red Book was more sophisticated and it basically, as far as I was concerned, started to delve into some of the deeper questions like systematic risk assessments, emergency liquidity assistance, the details of all of that.
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