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Systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs): Global derivatives and financial stability

30-juin-2011

Financial market policy urgently needs to address the huge risks taken by the large banks that encompass the global derivatives business. This paper analyses the global derivatives business and recommends policy reforms for improving financial stability.

Private pensions: Assessing labour, financial and demographic risks to retirement income

06-avr.-2011

The OECD assesses the impact of labour, financial and demographic risks on retirement income from defined-contribution pension plans. The analysis shows that the impact of these risks is far from negligible. Moreover, it endorses the use of life-cycle strategies to attenuate their impact, in particular when a negative shock to equity markets occurs in the years before retiring.

Short selling of sovereign debt: Debt managers voice concerns on proposed restrictions

16-févr.-2011

New restrictions on the short selling of sovereign debt have been proposed in response to major threats to financial market stability and  market confidence. This article voices the concerns of debt managers that the proposed changes could push their borrowing costs up.

Risks in financial group structures

07-févr.-2011

This article looks at the types of risks that may be associated with complex financial groups and analyses the available policy options for satisfying the core policy objectives of safety and soundness, systemic stability, and conduct of business.

Banking: A market perspective on the European sovereign debt and banking crisis

03-févr.-2011

Europe has been beset by an interrelated banking crisis and sovereign debt crisis. Bond spreads faced by Greece and Ireland, and to a lesser extent Portugal followed by Spain, have increased. This paper explores these issues from the perspective of financial markets, focusing mainly on these 4 countries.

Sovereign debt challenges for banking systems and bond markets

21-déc.-2010

Representatives of the financial services sector met in October 2010 to discuss sovereign debt challenges faced by banking systems and bond markets. This article summarises these discussions which covered the current outlook and risks - including capital flows and global rebalancing, sovereign risks and challenges for the banking sector.

Southeast Asia: Financial systems of the Southeast Asian economies

21-déc.-2010

Southeast Asian economies have shown considerable resilience during the current global financial and economic crisis due to national and regional policy responses to the Asian Crisis of 1997/98 that improved the soundness of banking systems, strengthened frameworks to deal with foreign currency liquidity problems, and developed bond markets. This paper discusses the economies and financial systems of Southeast Asia, focusing on current challenges and developments in the region.

Banking : The EU stress test and sovereign debt exposures

13-août-2010

This working paper summarises the recently completed EU stress test for banks and, using new data on bank exposures to sovereign debt, appraises the way the tests have treated the sovereign debt crisis. It comments on market concerns about banking sector exposure to sovereign debt during and beyond the period of the stress test.

Au-delà de Bâle III – Éviter une nouvelle crise financière

26-mai-2010

Le projet d’Accord de Bâle III propose des mesures de réforme financière concernant les exigences en matière de fonds propres et de liquidité en vue de renforcer le secteur bancaire et de mieux éviter des crises futures. Cet article analyse les atouts et les faiblesses de ces propositions, en tire des conséquences pour le processus de réforme financière et formule d’autres solutions utiles.

The elephant in the room: The need to deal with what banks do

08-janv.-2010

Banks need to properly address contagion risk and counterparty failure that have been the main hallmarks of the current crisis. This article outlines the reforms essential to dealing with contagion and counterparty risk, as well as emphasising the need for transparent and comparable accounting rules and improvements in corporate governance.


Evénements

Fourth OECD Workshop on Housing Finance in Transition Economies

du 14-déc.-2004 au 15-déc.-2004

This workshop, held in Paris, France, focused on five issues: overview of mortgage markets in the region; effective housing finance systems for the low-income market; safety and soundness of mortgage markets;  innovations in mortgage insurance; and development of different secondary mortgage markets and instruments.



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