Banking Supervision in South Africa. The South African banking system is highly concentrated with more than 90 percent of …

This Technical Note discusses stress testing (ST) results for the financial system of South Africa. The bank STs …

Securities Commissions) Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation in South Africa. Although South Africa’s level of …

This paper discusses findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment for South Africa. South Africa’s financial … Africa still has one of the world’s highest unemployment and income inequality rates. Slow economic growth since 2008 has …

Africa. Insurance regulatory and supervisory regime in South Africa is in transition. Currently, the Financial Services Board … (FSB-SA) regulates the nonbanking financial services industry, including the insurance sector, in South Africa. With the … goal of achieving a safer financial sector to serve South Africa better, the government has proposed major changes in the …

Africa in the areas of contingency planning, crisis management, and bank resolution. The proposed scope of the new resolution …

South Africa to document the difference between two economies with similar structures but different levels of development …. We find that global shocks play a more dominant role in South Africa than in Ghana. These shocks operate through three …

South Africa in the areas of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The AML …

This Technical Note analyzes over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market reforms in South Africa and identifies … vulnerabilities that may potentially impact financial stability. South Africa is committed to reform its OTC derivatives market to …

competitiveness and countercyclical fiscal policy, have led to rising fiscal and current account deficits and made South Africa …