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Proceedings of the Bank of Canada/IFC Workshop on "Data requirements for analysing the stability and vulnerability of mature financial systems", Ottawa, June 2005

IFC Bulletin No 23
October 2005

 

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IFC news and events

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Message from the chair

Jan Smets
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Draft statutes of the [Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistical Themes]

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Proceedings of the Bank of Canada/Irving Fisher Committee Workshop

Overall summary of the workshop

Brian O’Reilly and Paul Van den Bergh

18

Governor’s speech

David Dodge

20

Introductory remarks

Sheryl Kennedy, Deputy Governor

23

  

Session 1: What information is needed to properly address financial stability and vulnerability issues?

Chair's summary

Walter Engert

26

Background note on a framework for financial stability analysis and informational inputs

S Kal Wajid

28

A note on indicators and methodologies used in regular publications concerning financial system stability

Satoshi Yamaguchi

47

Macro prudential analysis and statistics: are available figures up to the job?

Stefano Borgioli

84

Selected indicators of financial stability

William R Nelson and Roberto Perli

92

Financial stability analysis and data needs

Walter Engert

107

A stylised framework for financial system analysis

Paul Van den Bergh
116

Assessing the financial system stability: the experience of Spain in launching the Financial Stability Review (FSR)

Cristina Luna

118
   

Session 2: What is the usefulness of existing statistical frameworks and of new initiatives currently being taken?

Chair's summary

Luigi Federico Signorini

126

Financial and non-financial accounts for monitoring financial stability

Reimund Mink, Patrick Sandars and Nuno Silva

128

Usefulness of existing structures in the statistical system and new initiatives

Art Ridgeway

151

Financial stability analysis – evaluation of existing data sources

Leena Mörttinen

153

Financial stability: an overview of Bank of Italy statistics

Riccardo De Bonis, Giuseppe Grande, Silvia Magri, Luigi Federico Signorini and Massimiliano Stacchini

161

Assessing financial stability at the Bank of Italy: data sources and methodologies

Mario Quagliariello

173

   

Session 3: What are the data gaps regarding banking institutions and how can they be narrowed?

Chair's summary

Gerald Goldstein

183

Time varying model for bond rating transition probabilities

Yutaka Soejima

185

Measuring interest rate risk in the banking sector: the Swiss experience

Robert Bichsel

209

Enhancements to the BIS international banking and financial statistics

Philip Wooldridge

212

Effects on the usefulness of ordinary banking statistics from cross-border consolidation – experiences from a small open economy with a concentrated financial sector

Jan Schüllerqvist

217
Banks and systemic problems: a review of selected literature

Gerald Goldstein
221
   

Session 4: What are the data gaps regarding non-bank financial institutions and how can they be narrowed?

Chair's summary

David Fanger

230

Assessing threat to financial stability from non-bank financial sectors

Christian Hawkesby

232

Data for the financial stability analysis of the insurance sector and financial conglomerates

Pim Lescrauwaet

235

A securities regulator’s perspective

Ann Leduc

244

Data requirements and availability regarding hedge funds

Miville Tremblay

246
   

Session 5: What are the data gaps regarding non-financial sectors and how can they be narrowed?

Chair's summary

Leon Taub

250

Alternative approaches to financial data collection in Canada

Brad Belanger and Peter Webber

254

Some data gaps in the Canadian non-financial sector

Meyer Aaron and Celine Gauthier

257

Background note: data on the household sector

Shinobu Nakagawa

262
   

Session 6: What is the availability and usefulness of data on financial infrastructures?

Chair's summary

Dinah Maclean and Alejandro Garcia

265

Data issues regarding clearing and settlement systems and retail payment instruments

Kim McPhail

267

The pivotal role of the Centralised Securities Database for monitoring developments in financial markets within the European Union

Carlos Sánchez Muñoz and Peter Neudorfer

272

A brief presentation of the French experience with advanced tools for banking supervision and the operational use of macro stress tests

Sébastien Clanet

278
   

Session 7: What data do we need on financial markets and how can they be obtained?

Chair's summary

Randall Powley

283

Measuring risk appetite

Philip Wooldridge

286

Canadian corporate bond market – what do we need to know?

Jon Cockerline

290

Building a securities information system on a security-by-security basis

Erich Hille

295
  
Session 8: Can improved disclosure/transparency as well as innovations in technology and financial products be expected to improve the availability of relevant financial data?

Chair's summary

Patrick Sandars

301

How informative are market risk disclosures by financial institutions?

Benjamin H Cohen

303

Introduction of XBRL in the reporting framework of DNB

Patrick C Hoedjes

307
A brief introduction to Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange – the initiative and standards

Presented by Paul Van den Bergh
310

Technology and securities regulation

Randee Pavalow

316
  
Session 9: Panel discussion – Improving financial data: what are the priorities and what steps can be taken to achieve progress allowing for budget constraints?

Chair's summary

Donna Howard

319

Panellist intervention

Clive Thorp

321

Panellist intervention

Art Ridgeway

325

Panellist intervention

David Fanger

327

Panellist intervention

René Garcia

328