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Kingdom of Swaziland; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for the Kingdom of Swaziland assesses the interaction of nonbank financial institutions (NBFIs) within the financial system and the real economy. Understanding the type of flows will help in designing policies to better manage capital flows and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244722
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South Africa; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, and Securities' Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
In South Africa, long-term insurers experienced some strains during the financial crisis, but there were no crisis-related failures. The capital markets suffered sharp declines but no systemic failures. The three standards assessments have found the regulatory system fundamentally sound. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244153
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Mexico; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: The Pension Annuity Market
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Mexican experience displays interesting characteristics that provide lessons for other countries that still need to design the decumulation phase of their newly established second pillars. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244170
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Republic of Madagascar; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, and Anti-Mon...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The insurance sector is underdeveloped and has been inadequately supervised to date, as the regulator lacks the requisite independence, skills, and resources. The three public pension systems, which cover less than 10 percent of the active population, appear to be fiscally unsustainable. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244181
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South Africa; Financial System Stability Assessment, Including Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topic: Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper discusses the Financial System Stability Assessment for South Africa, and reviews the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Securities Regulation. The assessment reveals that South Africa’s sophisticated financial system is fundamentally sound and has so far...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244235
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Spain; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, Securi...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Financial System Stability Assessment found the financial sector to be vibrant, resilient, highly competitive, and well supervised and regulated. Stress tests showed credit institutions and insurers to be highly resilient to a variety of shocks. It also found a high degree of observance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244251
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Germany; Detailed Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
/CFT) measures for Germany. The report reveals that Germany has introduced a number of measures in recent years to strengthen its AML …/CFT regime. Germany has generated a relatively large number of prosecutions for money laundering and orders to confiscate assets …. These achievements occurred even though Germany has shortcomings identified in this assessment against the Financial Action …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244266
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Slovak Republic; Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Insurance...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents the Slovak Republic’s Financial System Stability Assessment Update including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision and Insurance Regulation. Commercial banks are by far the dominant financial institutions, though nonbank financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244278
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Kingdom of Bahrain; Detailed Assessment on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
extensive AML framework to address the risk of money laundering. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244311
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Australia; Mutual Evaluation Report: FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The evaluation of the anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime of Australia was based on the Forty Recommendations 2003 and the Eight Special Recommendations on Terrorist Financing 2001 of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and was prepared using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244347