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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 Systems

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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Spanish

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