IOSCO developed high-level principles for the effective regulation of short selling. These principles are designed to assist regulators in their consideration of a regulatory regime for short selling.
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1 June 2009
12 May 2009
This document describes the supervisory expectations for the information that must be included in payment messages related to cover payments, the various mechanisms that must be used to ensure that complete and accurate information has been included in such messages, and the use that should be made of the information for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism purposes.
6 May 2009
This IADI guidance paper examines various approaches to funding used by deposit insurers and suggests guidance on the design of funding mechanisms and other closely related features of deposit insurance system.
The paper provides guidance on how to promote effective public awareness of deposit insurance system.
This IADI guidance paper reviews the governance frameworks used by deposit insurers and, where appropriate, suggests guidance in the form of principles and effective practices in order to enhance the sound governance of deposit insurance systems.
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.
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.