Compendium of Standards
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1 December 2008 IOPS Guidelines for the Supervisory Assessment of Pension Funds
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide pension supervisors with general supervisory approaches for the conduct of the supervisory process. -
1 October 2008 Generally Accepted Principles and Practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds ("Santiago Principles")
The purpose of the Santiago Principles is to identify a framework of generally accepted principles and practices that properly reflect appropriate governance and accountability arrangements as well as the conduct of investment practices by SWFs on a prudent and sound basis. -
25 September 2008 Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision
This document expanded the 2000 Sound Practices for Managing Liquidity in Banking Organisations in a number of key areas by taking into account financial market developments as well as lessons learned from the turmoil. -
1 July 2008 Credit Risk Transfer
The documents review credit risk transfer (CRT) activity on the basis of a number of interviews and discussions with market participants, and include recommendations to improve risk management practices, disclosure, and supervisory approaches for CRT. -
1 July 2008 Central bank operations in response to the financial turmoil
This report examines how major central banks adapted market operations in response to money market tensions during the early phase of the crisis (2007-08). -
1 May 2008 Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Ratings Agencies
Following publication of the CRA Principles, IOSCO decided to develop a more specific and detailed code of conduct giving guidance on how the Principles could be implemented in practice. This Code of Conduct Fundamentals for Credit Rating Agencies is the fruition of this exercise. -
1 May 2008 Progress in reducing foreign exchange settlement risk
In 1996, the G10 central banks endorsed a strategy to reduce the systemic risk arising from the settlement of foreign exchange (FX) trades. This report analyses the significant progress that has been made in implementing the strategy and makes specific recommendations for further action by individual institutions, industry groups and central banks. -
1 April 2008 Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide
This manual provides a framework and methodology for compilation and presentation of monetary and financial statistics. -
1 March 2008 OECD/IOPS Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities
These guidelines provide a framework for licensing regulations and the assessment of licensing applications from pension entities.