Monthly Archives for April 2008
Thoughts on transnational networks of private international bodies in the financial architecture
In most fields of regulation, even on the national level, organisation representing private interests or corporations have a saying. Private interestes are expressed through lobbyism and public relation activities, but the governance system in most states is characterized by representatives … Continue reading
Global Financial Architecture – Article by Charles W. Calomiris
Charles Calomiris article on a New Global Financial Architecture from October 1998 is an interesting document, outlining the criticism of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs). He starts with an interesting claim: Economics normally provides rather dismal news, emphasizing tradeoffs among … Continue reading
Summary of the recommendations of the Meltzer-Report
To assess the evolution of the Financial Architecture after the Asian Crisis, the Meltzer Report provides a good gauge for the critique of the USA and other G7 countries towards the International Financial Institution. The report is named after Allan … Continue reading
Deutsche Bank – Banking and Stock Glossary
Deutsche Bank has a glossary for market and stock terms. They list the following international financial institutions: AIBD – Association of International Bond Dealers, now ICMA. BIS – Bank for International Settlements EBR – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development … Continue reading
Why the world should be thankful for high food prices
Commodity prices for agricultural products are rising – which is a troublesome sight for many least-developed and developing countries. Riots over the prices of basic food items, such as rice, wheat, corn, are threatening to destabilize many countries around the … Continue reading
Trilemma in financial supervision – Schoenmaker, Oosterloo
Dirk Schoenmaker and Sander Osterloo from the Dutch Finance Ministry have written an article about Cross-border issues in European financial supervision as part of the book on the Structure of Financial Regulation by David G Mayes and Geoffrey E Wood. … Continue reading
Role of the Central Bank in Financial Supervision – Article by Goodhard
Charles Goodhart has written an article called “Financial supervision from an historical perspective” in a book about the “Structure of Financial Regulation” by David Mayed and Geoffrey E Wood. He mostly focuses on the role of the Central Bank in … Continue reading
Mayes, Wood: “The Structure of Financial Regulation”
David G. Mayes and Geoffrey E. Wood have published a book about “The Structure of Financial Regulation” in 2007 based on a workshop held at the Bank of FInland. The book includes some interesting chapters on: Financial supervision Bank regulation … Continue reading
Intergovernmentalism in Financial Regulation
Puzzling Complexity The global financial architecture is very complex. Despite increasing liberalization of financial markets, increased system risk and integration of the economies through the financial markets in the last 30 years, there is no single World Financial Authority regulating … Continue reading
Corporate Governance and International Standards – Paper by Kern Alexander and Rahul Dhumale
In 2001, Kern Alexander and Rahul Dhumale published a paper on the relevance of International Standards for the Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions. Both the BCBS and the OECD have released Corporate Governance Principles (the OEDC in 2004, the BCBS … Continue reading