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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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Bank for International Settlements
Abbreviation: BIS
Type: Public
Founded: 1930
Members Total: 55
Membership in: FSF
Membership of: ECB
Description: The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks. The BIS fulfils this mandate by acting as:
a forum to promote ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Group of 20
Abbreviation: G20
Type: Public
Founded: 2000
Members Total: 19
Membership in:
Membership of: IMF, Worldbank, ECB
Description: The G-20 is an informal forum that promotes discussion between industrial and emerging-market countries on key issues related to global economic stability. By contributing to the strengthening of the international financial architecture and providing opportunities for ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Group of 33
Abbreviation: G33
Type: Public
Founded: 1999-2000
Members Total: 33
Membership in:
Membership of: BIS, IMF, OECD, World Bank, Chair of the Interim Committee
Description: The Group of 33 superseded the Group of 22 in early 1999, and was itself superseded by the Group of 20 later in the year. Several ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Group 22
Abbreviation: G22
Type: Public
Founded: 1998-1999
Members Total: 22
Membership in:
Membership of: BIS, IMF, OECD, World Bank, Chair of the Interim Committee
Description: In response to the crisis in Asia, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from 22 systematically significant economies met in Washington, D.C. in April 1998 to examine issues related ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Group of 10
Abbreviation: G10
Type: Public
Founded: 1964
Members Total: 11
Membership in:
Membership of: BIS, OECD, European Commission, IMF
Description: The Group of Ten is made up of eleven industrial countries (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States) which consult and co-operate on ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Financial Stability Forum
Abbreviation: FSF
Type: Public
Founded: 1999
Members Total: 26 Countries with their Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision Authorities plus several international bodies
Membership in: none
Membership of:International Financial Institutions (IMF, Worldbank, BIS, OECD), International Standard Setting, Regulatory and Supervisory Groupings (BCBS, IASB, IAIS, IOSCO), Committees of Central Bank ...
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