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BIS press releases - last 12 months

29 Jun 2009

BIS Annual Report: Rescue, recovery, reform – the narrow path ahead

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26 Jun 2009

Már Gudmundsson appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland


18 Jun 2009

Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems: paper issued by Basel Committee and IADI


15 Jun 2009

Stocktaking on the use of credit ratings - Joint Forum releases final paper


10 Jun 2009

The Basel Committee broadens its membership


8 Jun 2009

Quarterly Review, June 2009

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20 May 2009

Sound stress testing principles issued by Basel Committee


19 May 2009

OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2008


18 May 2009

Issues in the Governance of Central Banks


14 May 2009

Working paper on the interaction of market and credit risk issued by Basel Committee


13 May 2009

BIS, ECB, IMF publish Handbook on Securities Statistics


13 May 2009

BIS appoints Diego Devos as General Counsel


12 May 2009

Guidance on cross-border wire transfer messages released by the Basel Committee


11 May 2009

William C Dudley appointed CPSS Chairman


3 Apr 2009

Financial Stability Forum re-established as the Financial Stability Board


3 Apr 2009

Financial Stability Forum issues Recommendations and Principles to Strengthen Financial SystemsPDF


30 Mar 2009

Initiatives in response to the crisis by the Basel Committee


13 Mar 2009

Financial Stability Forum decides to broaden its membership


13 Mar 2009

Financial Stability Forum meets in London


13 Mar 2009

Expansion of membership announced by the Basel Committee


12 Mar 2009

Initiatives on capital announced by the Basel Committee


12 Mar 2009

Basel Committee and IADI issue Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems for public consultation


2 Mar 2009

Quarterly Review, March 2009

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3 Feb 2009

CGFS report on capital flows and emerging market economies

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16 Jan 2009

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announces enhancements to the Basel II capital framework


12 Jan 2009

BIS Board elects new Chairman


8 Jan 2009

Steps to strengthen implementation of supervisory standards and guidance taken by the Basel Committee


6 Jan 2009

Principles for sound stress testing: Basel Committee issues consultative paper


8 Dec 2008

Quarterly Review, December 2008

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2 Dec 2008

External audit quality and banking supervision: new Basel Committee paper


28 Nov 2008

Assessing fair value practices: Basel Committee issues consultative paper


21 Nov 2008

Jaime Caruana appointed as BIS General Manager


20 Nov 2008

Comprehensive strategy to address the lessons of the banking crisis announced by the Basel Committee


13 Nov 2008

OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2008


30 Sep 2008

Zeti Akhtar Aziz appointed Chair of the BIS Asian Consultative Council


25 Sep 2008

Global bank supervisors endorse strengthened sound practice standards for liquidity risk management and supervision


1 Sep 2008

Quarterly Review, September 2008

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29 Aug 2008

Economic capital paper released today by the Basel Committee for comment


31 Jul 2008

Joint Forum final release of "Credit risk transfer" paper


22 Jul 2008

"Computing Capital for Incremental Risk in the Trading Book" and "Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework" - consultative documents issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision