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Membership of Key Economies in International Organisations
This article discusses the membership of 43 key economies in the major international financial institutions. The aim is to assess whether the global financial architecture adequately incorporates the key economies. The article can also be found in this PDF-Document. The … Continue reading
G7-April-2008-Meeting and Plaza-Accord
French Finance Minister Christine Lagard has compared the recent FSF-report released by the G7 Finance Ministers last week to the Plaza Accord (as quoted by Christopher Swann in an article at Bloomington): The April 11 statement was “not very different” … Continue reading
Global Economic Governance and IGOs – definitions by Jacobs
Didier Jacobs, special advisor to the president of Oxfam America, wrote an interesting paper called “Democraticing Global Economic Governance“. He presented this paper in May 2002 at a conference on “Alternatives to Neoliberalism” by the NGO-Coalition “New Rules for Global … Continue reading
Responding with a code of conduct – IIF Interim Report 2008 on Best practices
The IIF (which is essentially the main political lobby organisation of the large, multinational commercial banks) has released a new report on markets best practices. It can be seen as the response of the banks to the regulatory efforts of … Continue reading
CGFS – Committee on the Global Financial System
Institution: Committee on the Global Financial System Abbreviation: CGFS Type: Public Founded: 1971 Members Total: Membership in: FSF Membership of: ECB Description: The Committee has a mandate to identify and assess potential sources of stress in global financial markets, to … Continue reading
CPSS – Committee on Payment and Settlement System
Institution: Committee on Payment and Settlement System Abbreviation: CPSS Type: Public Founded: Members Total: Membership in: FSF Membership of: ECB Description: Working Group: Sub-Group on Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk, Working group on clearing and settlement arrangements for OTC derivatives, Working … Continue reading
IOSCO – International Organisation of Securities Commissions
Institution: International Organisation of Securities Commissions Abbreviation: IOSCO Type: Private Founded: Members Total: Membership in: FSF,JF Membership of: Description: Working Group: Outreach: Reporting to: Website: Highest Organ: Chair: Seat: Function: Standards: Topics of this post: financial architecture, fsf, iosco, jf, … Continue reading
IADI – International Association of Deposit Insurers
Institution: International Association of Deposit Insurers Abbreviation: IADI Type: Public Founded: 2000 Members Total: 50 (Member Directory) Membership in: Membership of: Description: The International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) is a separate legal entity domiciled at the Bank for International … Continue reading