G8 Action Plan on Local Currency Bond Markets - Overview

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 ...

Mayes, Wood: “The Structure of Financial Regulation”

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 ...

Corporate Governance and International Standards - Paper by Kern Alexander and Rahul Dhumale

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 ...

Overview of 2008 FSF Report on Financial Stability

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 ...

ISSA - International Securities Services Association

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 ...

ECSDA - European Central Securities Depositories Association

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 Membership in: Membership of: Description: The general ...

CESR - Committee of European Securities Regulators

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Institution: Committee of European Securities Regulators Abbreviation: CESR Type: Public Founded: 2001 Members Total: Membership in: Membership of: 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. Working ...

IOSCO - International Organisation of Securities Commissions

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

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: