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| Report of the Committee on Interbank Netting Schemes of the Central Banks of the Group of Ten Countries Working paper that contains the analysis conducted by the Committee on Interbank Netting Schemes together with the committee’s policy recommendations.
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Central Bank Payment and Settlement Services With Respect to Cross-Border and Multi-Currency Transactions (PDF) Working paper that examines options central banks might consider in an effort to help reduce risk and increase efficiency in the settlement of cross-border interbank transactions.
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International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards - April 1998 Amended version of the Basel Capital Accord of July 1988. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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The New Capital Adequacy Framework - Institutional Constraints and Incentive Structures Working paper by Cem Karacadag and Michael Taylor of the Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Evolving International Financial Markets: Some Implications for Central Banks Working paper by William R. White.
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Real-Time Gross Settlement Systems Working paper that identifies and analyzes the major issues related to the operation of large-value funds transfer systems.
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Monetary Policy Operating Procedures in Industrial Countries Working paper that reviews current monetary policy implementation procedures to highlight similarities and differences across countries.
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Principles for the Management of Interest Rate Risk - September 1997 Working paper with 12 principles the Basel Committee recommends supervisors use in evaluating banks' interest-rate risk. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Supervision of Banks' Foreign Exchange Positions - August 1980 Working paper with risks for banks that engage in foreign-exchange activities and the role of supervisory authorities in monitoring them. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Current Topics in Payment and Settlements Systems Working paper to enhance the exchange of information and cooperation on all issues relating to payment and settlement systems. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (PDF) This paper presents a comprehensive set of twenty-five Core Principles that have been developed by the Basle Committee as a basic reference for effective banking supervision. (Adobe Required)
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Evidence on the Response of US Banks to Changes in Capital Requirements Working paper that develops a structural, dynamic model of a banking firm to analyze how banks adjust their loan portfolios over time.
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Framework for Internal Control Systems in Banking Organisations (PDF) Principles presented will provide a useful framework for the effective supervision of internal control systems. (Adobe Required)
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Enhancing Corporate Governance for Banking Organisations - September 1999 Working paper that draws on supervisory experience with corporate governance problems at banking organizations. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Pricing of Bank Lending and Borrowing: Evidence From the Federal Funds Market White paper that examines the terms of bank lending and borrowing by exploring pricing in the federal funds market.
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Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems - Part 2 Information on implementing the core principles from Part 1. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Range of Practice in Banks’ Internal Ratings Systems Find that capital regime based on internal ratings can prove to be more sensitive to the level of risk in a bank’s portfolio, and can provide incentives for industry-wide improvements in risk management practices, consistent with the objectives .
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Supervision of Financial Conglomerates (PDF) Collection of papers that facilitate the exchange of information between supervisors within their own sectors and between supervisors in different sectors. (Adobe Required)
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Cyclical Sensitivity of Seasonality in US Employment Working paper that develops an unobserved components model that accounts for the effects of business cycles on industry-level seasonality.
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Determinants of Dollarization - The Banking Side Working paper by Marco Terrones and Luis Catao of the International Monetary Fund.
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Risk Management for Electronic Banking and Electronic Money Activities (PDF) Provide considerations for supervisory authorities and banking organisations as they develop methods for identifying, assessing, managing and controlling the risks associated with electronic banking and electronic money. (Adobe Required)
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Payment Systems in Czech Republic Working paper promoting safety and improving efficiency in payment systems as part of their overall concern with financial stability. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Aftermath of Banking Crises - Effects on Real and Monetary Variables Working paper by Poonam Gupta of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Clearing and Settlement Arrangements for Retail Payments in Selected Countries Working paper that contributes to an understanding of retail payment systems across the Grouo of 10 countries and Australia. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Selected Issues Concerning Monetary Policy and Institutional Design for Central Banks - A Review of Theories Working paper by Christian Beddies of the International Monetary Fund.
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International Agreements in the Area of Banking and Finance: Accomplishments and Outstanding Issues Working paper by William R. White.
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Framework for Internal Control Systems in Banking Organisations - September 1998 Working paper with 13 principles covering an internal controls system. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems - Part 1 Working paper that set out 10 principles for payment systems and four responsibilities of central banks in applying them. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Supervisory Lessons to be Drawn from the Asian Crisis - June 1999 The paper draws some lessons from the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis for G10 creditor banks and their supervisors, particularly in relation to the Basel Capital Accord and the 'Core Principles'.
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Interbank Exposures: Quantifying the Risk of Contagion Working paper that examines the likelihood that failure of one bank would cause the subsequent collapse of a large number of other banks.
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Do Asset Prices in Transition Countries Contain Information About Future Economic Activity? Working paper by Peter F. Christoffersen and Torsten Slok of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Review of the Experience with Oil Stabilization and Savings Funds in Selected Countries Working paper by Ugo Fasano of the Middle Eastern Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Sound Practices for Managing Liquidity in Banking Organisations - February 2000 (PDF) Outlines a set of sound practices for managing liquidity in banking organisations. The Committee believes that liquidity - the ability to fund increases in assets and meet obligations as they become due - is crucial to the ongoing viability of a.
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Internal audit in banking organisations and the relationship of the supervisory authorities with internal and external auditors (PDF) Provides the view that internal controls within banking organisations must be supplemented by an effective internal audit function that independently evaluates the control systems within the organisation. (Adobe Required)
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Factor Reallocation and Growth in Developing Countries Working paper by Helene Poirson of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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The Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (PDF) Represent a global standard for prudential regulation and supervision. The vast majority of countries have endorsed the Core Principles and have declared their intention to implement them. (Adobe Required)
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Foreign Direct Investment and Employment in the Industrial Countries Working paper that looks for evidence regarding the precise relationship between FDI outflows and employment in the source countries.
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Euro and European Financial Markets Working paper that argues that the introduction of the euro would have a more immediate impact on European bond markets than on banking markets.
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Banking Soundness and Recent Lessons Working paper by Paulo Drummond of the International Monetary Fund.
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Statistics on Payment Systems in the Group of 10 Countries Working paper that provides data on payments and payment systems in the Group of 10 countries. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Payment Systems in Lebanon Working paper promoting safety and improving efficiency in payment systems as part of their overall concern with financial stability. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Perceived Central Bank Intervention and Market Expectations: An Empirical Study of the Yen/Dollar Exchange Rate, 1993 - 1996 Working paper by Gabriele Galati and William Melick. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Security of Electronic Money Working paper that highlights the main design features and functional aspects of electronic money products and analyzes the technical risks specific to these products.
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Securities Lending Transactions: Market Development and Implications Working paper providing a survey and analysis of the use of securities lending transactions, the current dynamics of the market and the principal areas of risk. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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New York Federal Reserve: Information Problems and Deposit Constraints At Banks A test of whether bank lending is constrained by the availability of insured deposits.
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Corruption, Structural Reforms and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies Working paper by George T. Abed and Hamid Davoodi of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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New York Federal Reserve: What Makes Banks Opaque? A study of the factors inherent in a bank's structure that makes them difficult to monitor.
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Update on work on a New Capital Adequacy Framework (PDF) Inform the banking industry, the supervisory community and other interested parties about the work under way in the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) on the New Capital Adequacy Framework. (Adobe Required)
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The Year 2000 - A Challenge for Financial Institutions and Bank Supervisors (PDF) Serves as a reference on the Year 2000 issue for central banks and other banking supervisors. (Adobe Required)
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Payment Systems in Korea Working paper promoting safety and improving efficiency in payment systems as part of their overall concern with financial stability. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Consolidated Supervision of Banks' International Activities Working paper with rationale for consolidated supervision of banks' cross-border activities. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Monetary Policy in an Estimated Optimisation-Based Model With Sticky Prices and Wages Working paper that analyzes the welfare properties of various interest-rate rules for conducting monetary policy. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Forecast-Based Monetary Policy Working paper that analyzes the welfare consequences of delegating to the central bank the task of minimizing deviations of forecasts of goal variables from their target values.
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Trading and Derivatives Disclosures of Banks and Securities Firms (PDF) The publication of this fifth annual survey report on the trading and derivatives disclosures of major G10 banks and securities firms represents a continued effort by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the IOSCO Technical Committee t.
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Enhancing Bank Transparency (PDF) This report discusses the role of information in effective market discipline and effective banking supervision. It provides general guidance to banking supervisors and regulators as they formulate and improve regulatory frameworks for public dis.
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Management of Banks' Off-Balance-Sheet Exposures - March 1986 Working paper setting out the supervisory perspective of the risks incurred by banks in their off-balance-sheet activities. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Year 2000 Cross-Border Communications between Supervisors during the Millennium Period (PDF) This document outlines an approach that bank supervisors may want to consider as they develop their national and cross-border Year 2000 event management and communication strategies. (Adobe Required)
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Sound Practices for Banks’ Interactions with Highly Leveraged Institutions (PDF) Provides information to financial institutions for management of credit risk in respect of HLIs, including practice standards. (Adobe Required)
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Supervisory Cooperation on Year 2000 Cross-Border Issues (PDF) Five recommendations provide a sound basis from which supervisors can address Year 2000 cross-border issues. (Adobe Required)
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Domestic Competition, Cyclical Fluctuations, and Long-Run Growth in Hong Kong SAR Working paper by Eric Zitzewitz of the Asia and Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Payment Systems in Australia Working paper promoting safety and improving efficiency in payment systems as part of their overall concern with financial stability. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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The Duration of Bank Relationships Empirical analysis of the length of bank relationships.
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Switching From Single to Multiple Bank Lending Relationships: Determinants and Implications Working paper that shows that the majority of firms borrow for the first time from a single bank but soon borrow from several. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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A Comment on the Formation of Bank Stock Prices Hypothesis of determining factors in bank stock prices. Provided by KMV.
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Managing Financial Crises - The Experience in East Asia Working paper by Jack Boorman, Timothy Lane, Marianne Schulze-Ghattas, Ales Bulir and Atish R. Ghosh of the International Monetary Fund.
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Enhancing Corporate Governance in Banking Organisations (PDF) Provides guidance on corporate governance in banks. The paper draws on supervisory experience with corporate governance problems at banking organisations and suggests the types of practices that could help to avoid such problems. (Adobe Required.
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Framework for the Evaluation of Internal Control Systems (PDF) Outlines a number of principles for use by supervisory authorities when evaluating banks' internal control systems. (Adobe Required)
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Determinants of Inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran-A Macroeconomic Analysis Working paper by Olin Liu and Olumuyiwa S. Adedeji of the Middle Eastern Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Globalization and Catching Up - From Recession to Growth in Transition Economies Working paper by Grzegorz Kolodko of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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The Supervision of Cross-border Banking (PDF) Presents a number of proposals for overcoming the impediments experienced by banking supervisors in conducting effective supervision of the cross-border operations of international banks. (Adobe Required)
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Proposals for the Inclusion of General Provisions/General Loan-Loss Reserves in Capital - February 1991 Working paper that explains the purpose of the amendment to the Capital Accord introduced in November 1991. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Stockholder Gains From Focusing Versus Diversifying Bank Mergers Paper stating that bank mergers that enhance value upon announcement can be distinguished from those that do not create value. By Gayle L. DeLong, Baruch College. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Disclosure Framework for Securities Settlement Systems - February 1997 Working paper that sets a protocol for the review of a securities settlement system's operation and its allocation of risks.
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Fiscal Policy and Growth in the Context of European Integration Working paper by Paul R. Masson of the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Cross-Border Securities Settlements Working paper that examines the channels market participants use to complete cross-border securities transactions.
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Payment Systems in Israel Working paper promoting safety and improving efficiency in payment systems as part of their overall concern with financial stability. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Centripetal Forces in China's Economic Takeoff Working paper by Anuradha Dayal-Gulati and Aasim M. Husain of the Asia and Pacific Department of the International Monetary Fund Institute.
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Bank Failures and Fiscal Austerity - Policy Prescriptions for a Developing Country Working paper by Andrew Feltenstein, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Institute.
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Banking System Failures in Developing and Transition Countries: Diagnosis and Predictions Working paper by Patrick Honohan.
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Payment Systems in Turkey Working paper promoting safety and improving efficiency in payment systems as part of their overall concern with financial stability. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Prevention of Criminal Use of the Banking System for the Purpose of Money-Laundering - December 1988 Working paper stating principles for banks designed to reduce the risk of becoming associated with criminals. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Banking and Commerce: A Liquidity Approach Working paper that looks at the advantages and disadvantages of mixing banking and commerce, using the 'liquidity' approach to financial intermediation. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Bankers on Boards: Monitoring, Conflicts of Interest, and Lender Liability Study of the effect of bankers sitting on corporate boards for corporate governance.
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A New Capital Adequacy Framework: Pillar 3 - Market Discipline (PDF) This paper provides detailed guidance on what disclosures should be made in order to advance the role of market discipline in promoting bank capital adequacy. (Adobe Required)
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Interbank Interest Rates and the Risk Premium Working paper presents a one-factor affine model of the term structure of Libor rates with autocorrelated measurement errors, by Henri Pagès. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Money Demand in Guyana Working paper by Philippe Egoume-Bossogo of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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Financial Institutions Center: Technology, Firm Strategies, Jobs, and Earnings in Retail Banking The authors find that technology enables retail banking workplace reform but does not determine its effect on jobs and earnings; these effects are contingent on managerial strategies.
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Risks in Computer and Telecommunication Systems - July 1989 Working paper providing an analysis of the risks for banks that arise in computer and telecommunications systems. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Spillovers Through Banking Centers - A Panel Data Analysis Working paper by Caroline van Rijckeghem and Beatrice S. Weder, Research Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Sound Practices for Managing Liquidity in Banking Organisations - February 2000 Working paper outlining a 14 principles for banks and supervisors for the establishment and assessment of liquidity-management processes. Requires Acrobat Reader.
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Indonesia - Implementing National Policies in a Decentralized Context - Special Purpose Programs to Protect the Poor Working paper by S. Ehtisham Ahmad and Luc Leruth of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund.
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The Effect of Consumer Interest Rate Deregulation on Credit Card Writeoffs A paper by the FDIC.
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The Coming Transformation of Continental European Banking? Working paper that provides an overview of current conditions in the banking industry in some of the countries that will participate in European economic and monetary union.
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Demographic Change in Asia - The Impact on Optimal National Saving, Investment, and the Current Account Working paper by Serge Besanger, Ross S. Guest and Ian McDonald of the International Monetary Fund Institute.
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Importance of Bank Seniority for Relationship Lending Working paper by Stanley D. Longhofer and João A. C. Santos.
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The Information Content of Bank Exam Ratings and Subordinated Debt Prices 2000 study by Robert De Young, William Lang, Mark J. Flannery and Sorin M. Sorescu.
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