Financial Regulation and Supervision

Tokyo Communiqué on Supervision of Commodity Futures Markets (“Tokyo Communiqué”)

1 October 1997

The document sets out an agreement among regulators on commodity futures markets' oversight.

Model Memorandum of Understanding

1 September 1997

This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is designed to facilitate mutual assistance and the exchange of information on insurance matters between regulatory bodies in different jurisdictions.

The Supervision of Cross-border Banking

1 October 1996

This Report is prepared in collaboration with the Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors with respect to the implementation of the Concordat. It provides twenty-nine recommendations aimed at reducing impediments to the effective supervision of cross-border banking.

Principles of Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)

1 September 1991

The Principles contained in this report provide a blueprint for use by securities and futures regulatory authorities in developing MoUs with their foreign counterparts. The Principles set high standards and goals to be incorporated into MOUs in a broad range of securities and futures matters.

Principles for the Supervision of Banks’ Foreign Establishments (the Concordat)

1 May 1983

This Report sets out principles governing the supervision of banks' foreign establishments by home and host banking supervisory authorities. It deals exclusively with their responsibilities for monitoring the prudential conduct and soundness of the business of banks' foreign establishments (May 1983).