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.
Compendium
18 April 2012
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.