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Portugal; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Detailed Assessment of the Observance of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation for Portugal assesses the securities market. The legal and regulatory framework authorizes banks to provide investment services under a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244809
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Spain; IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation: Detailed Assessment Implementation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This paper assesses implementation of the International Organization of Securities Commissions' (IOSCO) objectives and principles of securities regulation in Spain. Spain exhibits a high level of implementation of principles. The legal framework is robust and provides the Comisión Nacional de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244892
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Monaco; Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper discusses key findings of the assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation (FSSR) for Monaco. Since the 2002 Offshore Financial Center assessment, the Principality of Monaco has taken important steps to further strengthen an already comprehensive legal framework,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245014
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Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics
Sheridan, Niamh; Schipke, Alfred; George, Susan Mary; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
In just over a decade after independence, the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, have transformed themselves into fully functioning, small open-market economies that will be joining the European Union. Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in The Baltics analyzes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248055
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Kingdom of Bahrain; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics, Banking Supervision, Insurance Superv...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Financial System Stability Assessment highlights banking supervision, insurance supervision, securities regulation, and antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. The banking sector is well capitalized. Asset quality has been improving and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252632
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The Chinese Approach to Capital Inflows; Patterns and Possible Explanations
Wei, Shang-Jin; Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
In this paper, we adopt a cross-country perspective to examine the evolution of capital flows into China, both in terms … of volumes and composition. China's inflows have generally been dominated by foreign direct investment (FDI), a pattern … globalization. We provide a detailed documentation of the evolution of China's capital controls, a proximate determinant of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263846
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Capital Account Liberalization and Financial Sector Stability
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824821
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Stock Market Liberalizations; Financial and Macroeconomic Implications
Funke, Norbert; Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
Using a panel of 27 countries, we analyze the effects of stock market liberalization on financial and macroeconomic development. We find that liberalization is associated with a short-term increase in real private investment growth of about 14 percentage points cumulatively in the four years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826177
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Short-Run Pain, Long-Run Gain; The Effects of Financial Liberalization
Schmukler, Sergio L.; Kaminsky, Graciela Laura - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
We examine the short- and long-run effects of financial liberalization on capital markets. To do so, we construct a new comprehensive chronology of financial liberalization in 28 mature and emerging market economies since 1973. We also construct an algorithm to identify booms and busts in stock...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826221
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Can China Grow Faster? a Diagnosison the Fragmentation of the Domestic Capital Market
Wei, Shang-Jin; Boyreau-Debray, Genevieve - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper examines possible segmentation of the internal capital market in China. We employ two standard tools from … similar (and somewhat surprising) picture: capital mobility within China is low! Furthermore, the degree of internal financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826241