In this paper, the author argues that financial supervision is keeping up with the pace of innovation in the industry by virtue of what he calls a “virtuous circle”: the supervisory framework is aligning itself more and more with the best risk management practices, while at the same time...

The following extract is taken from a speech by Jaime Caruana, Governor of the Bank of Spain, as Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, given to the Institute of International Finance in Dubai on 21st September, 2003.