The purpose of the Santiago Principles is to identify a framework of generally accepted principles and practices that properly reflect appropriate governance and accountability arrangements as well as the conduct of investment practices by SWFs on a prudent and sound basis.
Risk Management
1 October 2008
25 September 2008
This document expanded the 2000 Sound Practices for Managing Liquidity in Banking Organisations in a number of key areas by taking into account financial market developments as well as lessons learned from the turmoil.
1 July 2008
The documents review credit risk transfer (CRT) activity on the basis of a number of interviews and discussions with market participants, and include recommendations to improve risk management practices, disclosure, and supervisory approaches for CRT.
Following publication of the CRA Principles, IOSCO decided to develop a more specific and detailed code of conduct giving guidance on how the Principles could be implemented in practice. This Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies is the fruition of this exercise.
1 November 2007
This document sets out principles related to two important topics in the implementation of the Advanced Measurement Approaches (AMA) for operational risk under Basel II.
29 August 2006
The document outlines business continuity principles that apply to industry participants and financial authorities.
1 March 2006
This document sets out principles with measures for implementation to assist market intermediaries to increase the effectiveness of their compliance function.
13 July 2005
This document provides further clarification surrounding the quantification of loss-given-default (LGD) parameters used for Pillar 1 capital calculations.This guidance is not intended to amend the Revised Basel II Framework Document issued in June 2004 or to introduce any new rules.
These Principles are formulated in relation to client identification and beneficial ownership for the securities industry. The Client Due Diligence (CDD) process is a key component of securities regulatory requirements intended to achieve the principal objectives of securities regulation, the protection of investors; ensuring that markets are fair, efficient and transparent; and the prevention of the illegal use of the securities industry.
This document sets out principles for the activities of credit rating agencies (CRAs).