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25 April 2009
2 April 2009
The Principles are intended to reduce incentives towards excessive risk taking that may arise from the structure of compensation schemes.
FSF re-established as the Financial Stability Board with a broadened mandate to promote financial stability.
The FSF issued reports today covering recommendations for addressing procyclicality in the financial system, principles for sound compensation practices and principles for cross-border cooperation on crisis management.
2 April 2009
This note sets out recommendations to address the potential procyclicality of the regulatory capital framework for internationally active banks. Some of these recommendations are focused on mitigating the cyclicality of the minimum capital requirement, while maintaining an appropriate degree of risk sensitivity. Other measures are intended to introduce countercyclical elements into the framework. The recommendations […]
2 April 2009
Consistent with statements made in the “Report of the Financial Stability Forum on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience” (7 April 2008) (FSF Report – April 2008), and as described more fully in a follow up to that report issued on 10 October 2008 (FSF Report – October 2008), the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) has set […]
This report explores the link between leverage and valuation in the light of the recent experience of market stress. Prior to the crisis, traditional balance sheet measures of leverage did not give an unambiguous signal of higher risk during the boom years of 2003-07. While balance sheet leverage increased at European banks and US investment […]
The recommendations cover the following areas: the bank capital framework, bank loan loss provisions, and leverage and valuation.
2 April 2009
These Principles aim to ensure effective governance of compensation, alignment of compensation with prudent risk taking and effective supervisory oversight and stakeholder engagement in compensation.