Publications

• 20 April 2012 FSB Chair's Letter to G20 Ministers and Governors on financial regulatory reforms

  FSB Chair provided an update to the G20 on progress towards (i) building resilient financial institutions; (ii) ending "too big to fail"; (iii) strengthening the oversight and regulation of shadow banking activities; (iv) completing OTC derivatives and other reforms to create continuous core markets; and (v) implementing agreed G20 reforms in a timely and consistent manner.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Reports to the G20 Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Implementation Monitoring

• 20 April 2012 Joint Update Note from the IASB and FASB on Accounting Convergence

  1. In 2006 the IASB and the FASB (the boards) agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that identified the short-term and longer-term convergence projects that would bring the most significant improvements to IFRSs and US GAAP. The MoU was updated in 2008. 2. The boards are close to completing the MoU programme: Most of […]

  Content Type(s): Publications Source(s): FASB, IASB Policy Area(s): AAQ

• 18 April 2012 Principles for Sound Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices

  In March 2011 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a thematic review of residential mortgage underwriting and origination practices. Based on the findings of the review, six recommendations were set out, one of which asked the FSB to develop an international principles-based framework for sound underwriting practices. After providing sufficient time for implementation, the FSB […]

  Content Type(s): Policy Documents, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Supervision and Risk Management

• 19 March 2012 Public responses to October 2011 consultative document Common Template for Global Systemically Important Banks

  28 responses to the Consultation paper were received - 11 from national and international industry associations, 14 from individual financial institutions, and 3 from other firms and private individuals. Only the comments from national and international industry associations are published here.

  Content Type(s): Publications, Responses to Consultations Policy Area(s): Data Gaps, SIFIs

• 7 March 2012 Notice on Technical Features of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

  Content Type(s): Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): LEI

• 8 February 2012 Thematic Review on Deposit Insurance Systems

  The review takes stock of FSB member jurisdictions’ deposit insurance systems as well as describes the range of practices and the rationale underpinning different arrangements.

  Content Type(s): Peer Review Reports, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Deposit Insurance, Peer Reviews

• 3 February 2012 Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) Initiative Industry Advisory Panel (IAP)

  Content Type(s): Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): LEI

• 1 February 2012 Handbook for FSB Peer Reviews (previous version)

  This handbook was originally published in February 2012 and was replaced with a revised version in January 2014.

  Content Type(s): Peer Review Reports, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Peer Reviews

• 30 January 2012 Peer Review of Canada

  This report assesses Canada's progress in addressing FSAP findings in banking supervision, the functioning of ABCP and structured finance markets, securities regulation, and securities settlement systems.

  Content Type(s): Peer Review Reports, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Peer Reviews

• 25 January 2012 Peer Review of Switzerland

  This report assesses Switzerland’s progress in addressing FSAP findings related to capital and liquidity requirements; independence, funding, and staff supervisory resources; and other areas.

  Content Type(s): Peer Review Reports, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Peer Reviews