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Addressing Financial System Procyclicality: A Possible Framework

This note aims to provide an overall framework that could help evaluate policy options to address the procyclicality of the financial system. While the framework is general in nature, the note focuses exclusively on options for prudential and financial reporting arrangements and the associated risk management and incentives issues. It therefore excludes other possible policy […]

Joint FSF-BCBS Working Group on Bank Capital Issues – Reducing procyclicality arising from the bank capital framework

This note sets out recommendations to address the potential procyclicality of the regulatory capital framework for internationally active banks. Some of these recommendations are focused on mitigating the cyclicality of the minimum capital requirement, while maintaining an appropriate degree of risk sensitivity. Other measures are intended to introduce countercyclical elements into the framework. The recommendations […]

Report of the FSF Working Group on Provisioning

Consistent with statements made in the “Report of the Financial Stability Forum on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience” (7 April 2008) (FSF Report – April 2008), and as described more fully in a follow up to that report issued on 10 October 2008 (FSF Report – October 2008), the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) has set […]

Joint FSF-CGFS Working Group – The role of valuation and leverage in procyclicality

This report explores the link between leverage and valuation in the light of the recent experience of market stress. Prior to the crisis, traditional balance sheet measures of leverage did not give an unambiguous signal of higher risk during the boom years of 2003-07. While balance sheet leverage increased at European banks and US investment […]

Supervisory guidance for assessing banks’ financial instrument fair value practices

The principles in this document promote strong governance processes around valuations; the use of reliable inputs and diverse information sources; the articulation and communication of valuation uncertainty to internal and external stakeholders; the allocation of sufficient banking and supervisory resources to the valuation process; independent verification and validation processes; consistency in valuation practices for risk management and reporting purposes, where possible; and strong supervisory oversight around bank valuation practices.

Principles for Cross-Border Cooperation in Crisis Management

This document includes high-level principles for cross-border cooperation on crisis management between relevant authorities.

Ongoing and Recent Work Relevant to Sound Financial Systems

Financial Stability Forum Meets in London

Financial Stability Forum Decides to Broaden its Membership

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