The 81st Annual General Meeting

On the occasion of its Annual General Meeting in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday 26 June 2011, the Bank for International Settlements is issuing the following documents:

• Press releases
   
  
  
  • Mervyn King to chair from November the Global Economy Meeting, Economic Consultative Committee, Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision; Stefan Ingves to chair Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
  • BIS invites new members
  • Building a lasting foundation for sustainable growth is focus of BIS 81st Annual Report
    Other languages: French, German, Italian and Spanish 



• 81st Annual Report 2010/11 
   
  Full text: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish



• Speeches
   
  
  
  • General Manager's speech: Building a lasting foundation for sustainable growth
    Speech delivered by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the BIS, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 26 June 2011.
    
    Other languages: French (PDF), German (PDF), Italian (PDF) and Spanish (PDF)
  
  
  
  • Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture, 2011: What financial system for the 21st century? 
    The lecture was delivered by Sir Andrew Crockett with opening remarks by Guillermo Ortiz. This lecture was organised by the Per Jacobsson Foundation.
  
  
  
• Press conference
   
  
  
  • General Manager's introductory statement
    BIS press conference, 26 June 2011
  • Webcast of Annual Report press conference: Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager, and Mr Stephen Cecchetti, Economic Adviser, Head of Monetary and Economic Department, answer questions at the Annual Report press conference.