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People’s Republic of China; Detailed Assessment Report: Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
A detailed assessment report on the observance of China’s compliance of Basel Core Principles for effective banking … supervision is presented. Regulation and supervision of China’s banking system has made impressive progress in the past few … years, led by an activist, forward-looking regulator, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, with a clear safety and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245556
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Foreign Bank Supervision and Challenges to Emerging Market Supervisors
Song, Inwon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
The increased presence of foreign banks in a country's domestic banking system necessitates the development of … challenges which foreign banks bring to emerging market banking supervisors are also discussed. The paper also provides surveys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005253006
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Cooperative Banks in Europe; Policy Issues
Fonteyne, Wim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper explains the continuing success of European cooperative banks through evolving comparative advantages. It points out that a cooperative is built around an intergenerational endowment without final owners, which creates particular governance challenges. Risks include the use of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264159
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Accounting Discretion of Banks During a Financial Crisis
Laeven, Luc; Huizinga, Harry - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper shows that banks use accounting discretion to overstate the value of distressed assets. Banks' balance sheets overvalue real estate-related assets compared to the market value of these assets, especially during the U.S. mortgage crisis. Share prices of banks with large exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559265
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Distress in European Banks; An Analysis Basedon a New Dataset
Poghosyan, Tigran; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
of banking distress in Europe. We identify a set of indicators and thresholds that can help to distinguish sound banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826186
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U.S. Bank Behavior in the Wake of the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis
Hakura, Dalia; Chami, Ralph; Cosimano, Thomas F.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
The paper examines the slowdown of lending by large U.S. banks over the period 2007Q3 - 2009Q2, focusing on: (i) whether capital or liquidity was the binding constraint; (ii) factors influencing banks’ decision to hold capital; and (iii) their pricing behavior. Using quarterly data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560439
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Germany's Three-Pillar Banking System; Cross-Country Perspectives in Europe
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
restructuring, and discusses the various arguments for and against public involvement in banking. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767363
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Denmark; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Basel Core Principles
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Basel Core Principles for Denmark. The assessment reveals that the basic legal framework is contained in the Financial Business Act (FBA), and in executive orders and explanatory guidelines issued pursuant to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243017
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Making Banks Safer; Can Volcker and Vickers Do it?
Chow, Julian T. S.; Surti, Jay - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
-important-to-fail problem. It is argued that while the more radical of these proposals such as narrow utility banking do not adequately address …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369435
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Cyprus; Detailed Assessments of Observance of Standards and Codes for Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, and Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
effectiveness of Cyprus’s banking regulatory and supervisory framework in place, and the resulting high degree of compliance with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243933