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.
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This document includes high-level principles for cross-border cooperation on crisis management between relevant authorities.
The sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) is an international statistical standard that provides guidance to IMF member countries in the compilation of balance of payments and international investment position statistics. The BPM6 is consistent with the concepts and definitions encompassed in the 2008 System of National Accounts.
1 December 2008
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide pension supervisors with general supervisory approaches for the conduct of the supervisory process.
1 October 2008
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.
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.
This report examines how major central banks adapted market operations in response to money market tensions during the early phase of the crisis (2007-08).
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.
In 1996, the G10 central banks endorsed a strategy to reduce the systemic risk arising from the settlement of foreign exchange (FX) trades. This report analyses the significant progress that has been made in implementing the strategy and makes specific recommendations for further action by individual institutions, industry groups and central banks.