Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The Document contains an overview of the G8 Action Plan on the developments of local currency bond markets and the implementation report.
The overview-report looks at the problems identified by the G8 Action Plans, Task delegated to various institutions and results given from the implementation report. It is subdivided into ten ...
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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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Monday, April 21st, 2008
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 in 2006) building on previous work.
As the authors point out, corporate ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
The G7 Finance Ministers met yesterday at the IMF Spring Meeting and approved a report prepared by the Financial Stability Forum, the main forum bringing together Central Banks, Regulators and Finance Ministers. Before discussing the report in detail, it is essential to get an overview of what the FSF is ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Institution: International Securities Services Association
Abbreviation: ISSA
Type: Private
Founded: 1979 (The idea of an association of securities administrators from all over the world was first conceived in 1975 over a luncheon between C.F. Ahrens, then Head of Securities Administration at Citibank, New York, and B. Imseng, Head of Securities Administration at Union ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Institution: European Central Securities Depositories Association
Abbreviation: ECSDA
Type: Private
Founded: 1997 (History: The European Central Securities Depositories Association (ECSDA) was formed in 1997 in Madrid in order to provide a forum for CSDs to exchange views and take forward projects of mutual interest. )
Members Total: 42
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: Committee of European Securities Regulators
Abbreviation: CESR
Type: Public
Founded: 2001
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Description: The role of CESR is to improve co-ordination among securities regulators, act as an advisory group to assist the EU Commission, work to ensure more consistent and timely day-to-day implementation of community legislation in the Member States.
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Institution: International Organisation of Securities Commissions
Abbreviation: IOSCO
Type: Private
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Membership in: FSF,JF
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