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This technical note focuses on fixed income markets for Thailand. The note recommends that Thailand should begin an orderly transition from merit-based regulation of corporate issuers and institutional investors to a disclosure-based regulatory system that opens the debt market to a larger and...
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This paper analyzes the capital markets and financial intermediation in the Baltic States. It provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and level of development of the financial system, discussing some of the unique characteristics of the Baltics, such as leasing; and comparing the...
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This technical note examines investment opportunities for pension funds in Kazakhstan. It puts forward policy … alternatives that could lead to improved management of pension fund assets in Kazakhstan. The note emphasizes prudence in the … management of pension assets, given the social and fiscal importance of the pension sector. It discusses different investment …
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Principles for Portugal highlights the market analysis of the insurance market. Investment in domestic government bonds has … decreased and is outweighed by nondomestic government bonds. The structure of own funds has been subject to the revaluation …
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This paper presents Gibraltar’s assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation including reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on banking and insurance supervision. The Financial Services Commission has been assigned significant additional resources and has developed a...
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The report summarizes the assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation on Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) on banking supervision, insurance supervision, and securities regulation of Cyprus. The report assesses that the financial system in Cyprus is in a...
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This paper discusses key findings of the Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation for Panama. The assessment of bank supervision showed a high degree of compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCP) reflecting generally satisfactory implementation combined with an adequate...
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This paper examines the Insurance Regulation and Supervision for Cyprus’s Financial Sector Assessment Program. The domestic nonlife market is dominated by motor insurance which accounted for 58 percent of net premiums. All Cypriot business is reinsured with nondomiciled reinsurers. Health...
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This technical note discusses key findings of the assessment of Insurance Core Principles (ICP) for the reinsurance industry for Switzerland. It reveals that the Swiss reinsurance market is dominated by three large players with a strong international presence. The reinsurance industry comprises...
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-assessment prepared by the General Directorate of Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP), comments from Private Insurance Organization and …
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