Policy Documents

• 5 November 2012 Roadmap for Reducing Reliance on CRA Ratings

  The roadmap sets clear timelines for concrete action to reduce mechanistic reliance on CRA ratings and for authorities to promote and strengthen own credit risk assessment approaches.

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

• 29 October 2012 EDTF Principles and Recommendations for Enhancing the Risk Disclosures of Banks

  This report provides seven fundamental principles for enhancing the risk disclosures of banks.

  Content Type(s): Policy Documents, Publications Source(s): EDTF Policy Area(s): Disclosure

• 18 April 2012 Principles for Sound Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices

  FSB's principles for sound residential mortgage underwriting practices.

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

• 4 November 2011 Policy Measures to Address Systemically Important Financial Institutions

  This document sets out the critical policy measures that form the parts of the FSB SIFI Framework. Full implementation is targeted for 2019.

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

• 4 November 2011 Intensity and Effectiveness of SIFI Supervision: Progress report on implementing the recommendations on enhanced supervision

  Increasing the intensity and effectiveness of supervision is a key component of the Financial Stability Board's (FSB's) efforts to reduce the moral hazard posed by systemically important financial institutions (the "SIFI framework"), along with requiring added capital loss absorbency and facilitating the orderly resolution of firms. On November 1, 2010 the FSB, in consultation with […]

  Content Type(s): Policy Documents, Progress Reports, Publications Policy Area(s): SIFIs, Supervision and Risk Management

• 27 October 2011 FSB Recommendations to Strengthen Oversight and Regulation of Shadow Banking

  This document defines shadow banking and sets out measures to enhance oversight of less regulated sectors.

  Content Type(s): Policy Documents, Publications Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Non-bank financial intermediation

• 26 October 2011 Principles for Sound Residential Mortgage Underwriting Principles

  This consultative document set out a framework for sound residential mortgage underwriting practices. Comments should be sent to [email protected] by 9 December 2011.

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

• 18 March 2011 Thematic Review of Mortgage Underwriting and Origination Practices

  The report takes stock of existing mortgage underwriting practices and provides a framework for jurisdictions to set minimum acceptable underwriting standards.

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

• 11 November 2010 Reducing the Moral Hazard Posed by Systemically Important Financial Institutions

  This report recommends a policy framework for addressing the systemic and moral hazard risks associated with systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs).

  Content Type(s): Policy Documents, Publications, Reports to the G20 Source(s): FSB Policy Area(s): Resolution and Crisis Management, SIFIs, Supervision and Risk Management

• 1 November 2010 Intensity and Effectiveness of SIFI Supervision: Recommendations for Enhanced Supervision

  In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the FSB and the G20 Leaders have identified as a priority the need for more intense and effective supervision particularly as it relates to systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). The level of supervision applied by national authorities must be commensurate with the potential destabilization risk that such firms […]

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