This group represents industrial and emerging economies, standard setting bodies and international financial institutions. In September 2001, it reported on progress made towards increasing market and official incentives for countries to implement international standards for their financial systems. The final report is satisfied with progress, but calls for increased efforts at: increasing the effectiveness […]
Publications
6 September 2001
29 August 2001
1. Summary and recommendations This report contains recommendations for improving the public disclosure practices of financial intermediaries. These recommendations are being put forward by a Multidisciplinary Working Group on Enhanced Disclosure (the Working Group), jointly sponsored by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Committee on the Global Financial System of the G-10 central […]
This is a progress report on the recommendations of the Working Group created at the FSF’s inaugural meeting in April 1999, under the chairmanship of Mr Howard Davies, Chairman, Financial Services Authority, UK, to review the implications of Highly Leveraged Institutions (HLIs) for global stability. The report notes that good progress is being made to […]
5 March 2001
In April 2000, the Financial Stability Forum established a Working Group on Deposit Insurance (the .Working Group.). The Working Group.s mandate (for a list of members see Annex A) is to develop guidance on sound deposit insurance arrangements. The mandate also specifies that the .development of the guidance should be undertaken through a consultative process […]
7 September 2000
This report, by a follow-up group chaired by Mr Axel Nawrath, Director General, the Federal Finance Ministry of Germany, outlines a strategy for encouraging all economies to implement the 12 key standards endorsed by the FSF through: official incentives (e.g. assessments by International Financial Institutions); market incentives to promote discipline and assessments; and market […]
31 August 2000
Lays out a proposed approach to investigate and consult on the issues concerning guidance on
the design and operation of deposit insurance systems.
This report by FSF Working Group on Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs), convened to consider the significance of OFCs in relation to financial stability in all its aspects, lays out the Group’s findings, identified key issues, and its recommendations.