The HLA requirements adopted by the IAIS and endorsed by the FSB, will apply to G-SIIs from January 2019. The regulatory capital requirements for Global Systemically Important Insurers (G-SIIs) are expected to be higher than if a group has not been designated as a G-SII. The HLA requirements build on the foundation of the Basic Capital Requirement (BCR), so apply to all group activities and reflect major categories of risk.
Financial Regulation and Supervision
5 October 2015
This Guidance describes the features of effective supervision by regulators and supervisors, and also clarifies the interplay with the role of law enforcement agencies.
25 September 2015
FSB plenary meets to discuss policy measures to end too-big-to-fail, concerns on market liquidity, shadow banking, derivatives, misconduct risks, audit and climate change.
This report seeks to analyze the potential impact of post-trade transparency in one particular OTC derivatives market: the CDS market.
16 July 2015
This document discusses the underlying supervisory preconditions for dealing with weak banks and techniques that will allow the supervisor to identify problems. These phases include preparatory work on recovery and resolution issues. The document also discusses the corrective measures available to turn around a weak bank and, for resolution authorities, tools for dealing with failing or failed banks.
8 July 2015
This document contains a set of principles for enhancing sound corporate governance practices at banking organisations. The Basel Committee's revised principles provide a framework within which banks and supervisors should operate to achieve robust and transparent risk management and decision-making and, in doing so, promote public confidence and uphold the safety and soundness of the banking system.
2 June 2015
The report provides insight into the current supervisory framework around credit risk, the state of credit risk management at firms and implications for the supervisory and regulatory treatments of credit risk.
The FATF developed this Guidance focusing on the points of intersection that provide gateways to the regulated financial system, in particular convertible virtual currency exchangers, and will continue to monitor developments in VCPPS, emerging risks and mitigating factors to update this Guidance, to include - where appropriate - emerging best practices to address regulatory issues arising in respect of ML/TF risks associated with VCPPS.
The FATF Best Practices Paper is aimed at preventing the misuse of NPOs for the financing of terrorism while, at the same time, respecting legitimate actions of NPOs.
IFSB-17 aims to provide a set of Core Principles, along with their associated assessment methodology, for the regulation and supervision of the Islamic financial services industry taking into consideration the specificities of institutions offering Islamic financial services in the banking segment and the lessons learned from the financial crisis while complementing existing international standards, principally the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.