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Nigeria; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation––Technical Note of Banking Cross-Border Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The global financial crisis provided Nigerian banks with opportunities to expand within Sub-Saharan Africa. Nigerian …
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Samoa; Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation including Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation for Samoa provides an overview of legal and institutional frameworks. Compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCPs) for the supervision of international and domestic banks has improved considerably. Supervision of domestic banks...
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Risk and the Corporate Structure of Banks
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
We identify different sources of risk as important determinants of banks' corporate structures when expanding into new markets. Subsidiary-based corporate structures benefit from greater protection against economic risk because of affiliate-level limited liability, but are more exposed to the...
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Samoa; Detailed Assessment of Compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Detailed Assessment of Compliance with the Basel Core Principles for Samoa highlights general preconditions for effective banking supervision. The Central Bank of Samoa (CBS) should consider introducing some straightforward specific capital charges for market price risk and foreign exchange...
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People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
Hong Kong, like other city financial centers, has a high private saving rate. This paper seeks to understand what the principal drivers of saving and investment in financial centers are. Cyclical frequency changes affecting international financial and trade linkages are key drivers of saving and...
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Republic of Korea: selected issues
Eskesen, Leif - 2010
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Opening and liberalization of markets in Africa - a response to globalization? : A policy dialogue ; Berlin, 1 - 3 December, 1998 ; summary report
Harris, Elliott (contributor) - 1999
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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
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European Financial Linkages; A New Look At Imbalances
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
We document external investment positions among European Union countries at the start of the financial crisis through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839331
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Financial globalization : a compilation of articles from Finance & development
Clift, Jeremy (contributor); Diehl, Elisa (contributor) - 2007
Assiduously tracking the trends and consequences of globalization, the IMF's quarterly magazine Finance & Development … focuses on financial globalization, including the policy implications of the huge growth in cross-border capital flows …. Articles also look at the expansion of world trade, explore the impact of globalization on jobs, taxation, and the poor, a …
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