In June 1999, a Multidisciplinary Working Group on Enhanced Disclosure (Fisher II working group) was established to provide advice to its sponsoring organisations1 on steps that would advance the state of financial institutions disclosures of financial risks in order to enhance the role of...

This report summarises the findings of the Joint Forum’s Working Group on Risk Assessment and Capital and builds on the previous efforts of the Working Group to better understand approaches to the management of major individual risks in the banking, insurance, and securities sectors...