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Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures

This document contains 24 principles to be observed by financial market infrastructures (systemically important payment systems, central securities depositories, securities settlement systems, central counterparties and trade repositories) and five responsibilities of relevant authorities in regulating, supervising and overseeing these infrastructures.

FSB Principles for Sound Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices

The principles provide a framework for jurisdictions to set minimum acceptable underwriting standards so as to limit the risks that mortgage markets pose to financial stability and to better safeguard borrowers and investors. The report also sets out an implementation framework through which jurisdictions can apply minimum lending standards, and describes tools that could be used to monitor and supervise these standards.

Requirements for Mandatory Clearing

This report outlines recommendations that authorities should follow in establishing a mandatory clearing regime within their jurisdiction.

FATF Recommendations on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation

A complete set of counter-measures against Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation, covering the required legal, regulatory, and operational measures.

Suspension of Redemptions in Collective Investment Schemes

Principles against which both the industry and regulators can assess the quality of regulation and industry practices concerning suspensions of redemptions.

Report on OTC Derivatives Data Reporting and Aggregation Requirements

Obligation of OTC derivatives contracts to be reported to trade repositories (TRs) in order to improve transparency, mitigate systemic risk and protect against market abuse in the OTC derivatives markets.

Public Sector Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users

The Guide aims to improve the availability and international comparability of general government and public sector debt statistics, to inform policymakers, financial markets, and other users.

OECD/IOPS Good Practices on Pension Funds’ Use of Alternative Investments and Derivatives

The good practices reflect what pension regulatory and supervisory authorities usually expect to examine when assessing the risk management of pension funds that use alternative investments and derivatives.

Regulation of Nominee Accounts in Emerging Markets

This report intends to identify effective regulatory mechanisms and tools for the nominee account system, develop recommendations to better regulate nominee accounts and help regulators address relevant investor protection issues.

General Guidance for Developing Differential Premium Systems

This paper reviews the differential premiums systems used by deposit insurers and, where appropriate, suggests guidance in the form of principles and effective practices in order to enhance the differential premiums systems used by deposit insurers.