This paper presents the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, and explores two … questions. First, were there significant differences in regulation and supervision between crisis and non-crisis countries …? Second, what aspects of regulation and supervision changed significantly during the crisis period? The paper finds …

International consultants on bank regulation, and supervision for developing countries, often base their advice on how … their home country does things, for lack of information on practice in other countries. Recommendations for reform have … tended to be shaped by bias rather than facts. To better inform advice about bank regulation, and supervision, and to lower …

This paper summarizes the latest update of the World Bank Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey. The paper explores …

-border syndicated loan market. Lending provided through a foreign subsidiary is subject to subsidiary-country regulation and … stringent bank regulation and supervision consistent with regulatory arbitrage, but that they prefer to originate loans in …

look at the development and regulation of fixed income securities markets in Europe. Fixed income securities markets in … exchange markets. They are presently undergoing major changes in size, infrastructure, and regulation. The authors describe the … current state of the ongoing European regulatory and supervisory reform and the main drivers behind it. They conclude that …

banking sector regulation and supervision, particularly in the light of the new approach embodied in Basel III. Against the … risk exposure. It allows optimizing the prudential regulation ensuring that provisioning and capital requirements are … existence of a PCR will be a key factor to enhance the supervision and regulation of the financial system. Furthermore, the …