Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
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 objectives and hard choices. In the case of redesigning the global financial ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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 and money laundering
Corporate Governance
Insolvency Regimes
Financial stability and the EMU
Cross-Border Payment Systems
Securities clearing ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
The FSF Report on Financial Stability (called "Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience") was yesterday approved by the G7.
To assess the impact of the report on the global financial architecture and the responses to the credit crisis in the financial markets, it is worthwhile recalling the original demands of the G7.
In ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: CEBS
Abbreviation: Committee of European Banking Supervisors
Type: Public
Founded: 2003
Members Total: 28 (Central Banks or Banking Supervision Authorities in the EU, ECB) plus five observers (Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland plus European Commission and European Banking Supervision Committee)
Membership in:
Membership of: ECB
Description: CEBS (Committee of European Banking Supervisors) is comprised of high ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Abbreviation: BCBS
Type: Public
Founded: 1974
Members Total: 13
Membership in: FSF, JF
Membership of:
Description: The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its objective is to enhance understanding of key supervisory issues and improve the quality of banking supervision worldwide. It ...
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