News archive - 2005

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27 Dec 2005

Statistics:

Payment systems

21 Dec 2005

Press releases:

Dirk Witteveen to chair Joint Forum

20 Dec 2005

Press releases:

Joint Forum issues consultation paper on high-level business continuity principles

20 Dec 2005

BCBS Publications:

High-level principles for business continuity - consultative document

16 Dec 2005

Terms and conditions of use

15 Dec 2005

Representative offices

09 Dec 2005

BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific: contact information

05 Dec 2005

Press releases:

Quarterly Review, December 2005

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05 Dec 2005

BIS Quarterly Review, December 2005

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05 Dec 2005

Statistics:

About banking statistics

01 Dec 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Central banking: some "secrets of success"

30 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

The mechanics of devaluations and the output response in a DSGE model: how relevant is the balance sheet effect?

by Camilo Tovar

29 Nov 2005

Press releases:

FSF meets with the hedge fund community and their counterparties

28 Nov 2005

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues consultative document on sound credit risk assessment and valuation for loans

28 Nov 2005

BCBS Publications:

Sound credit risk assessment and valuation for loans - consultative document

23 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

Explaining the level of credit spreads: option-implied jump risk premia in a firm value model

by Martijn Cremers, Joost Driessen, Pascal Maenhout and David Weinbaum

22 Nov 2005

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues consultative document on home-host information sharing for effective Basel II implementation

22 Nov 2005

BCBS Publications:

Home-host information sharing for effective Basel II implementation - consultative document

22 Nov 2005

Basel Committee newsletter:

The treatment of expected losses by banks using the AMA under the Basel II Framework

22 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

The pricing of unexpected credit losses

by Jeffery Amato and Eli M Remolona

21 Nov 2005

Permission request form

21 Nov 2005

Privacy policy

Privacy policy

21 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

Beyond current policy frameworks

by Charles Goodhart

20 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

Japan's deflation, problems in the financial system and monetary policy

by Naohiko Baba, Shinichi Nishioka, Nobuyuki Oda, Masaaki Shirakawa, Kazuo Ueda and Hiroshi Ugai

19 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

External shocks, transmission mechanisms and deflation in Asia

by Hans Genberg

18 Nov 2005

'Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios': A Workshop on Applied Banking Research

18 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

Deflation in a historical perspective

by Michael Bordo and Andrew Filardo

17 Nov 2005

Press releases:

OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2005

17 Nov 2005

Regular OTC Derivatives Market Statistics

The Global OTC Derivatives Market at end-June 2005

17 Nov 2005

Working Papers:

Has the inflation process changed?

by Stephen G Cecchetti and Guy Debelle

17 Nov 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Sharing experiences in developing corporate bond markets

16 Nov 2005

Press releases:

FSF concludes fourth Latin American regional meeting

15 Nov 2005

BCBS Publications:

Amendment to the capital accord to incorporate market risks

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15 Nov 2005

BCBS Publications:

Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: A Revised Framework

15 Nov 2005

Workshop 'Accounting, risk management and prudential regulation'

14 Nov 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Central bank independence - what role does it play in shaping Mexico's economy?

08 Nov 2005

Fourth Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Measurement and Systemic Risk

08 Nov 2005

BIS speeches:

by André Icard: Risk measurement and systemic risk

07 Nov 2005

Press releases:

Hervé Hannoun appointed as BIS Deputy General Manager

30 Oct 2005

Zero-coupon yield curves: technical documentation

BIS Papers No. 25

19 Oct 2005

Press releases:

Preliminary data for BIS international banking statistics released

18 Oct 2005

Workshop 'Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios': Programme

18 Oct 2005

FSI Award - Competition Rules 2008

14 Oct 2005

Press releases:

BIS photo gallery

11 Oct 2005

Press releases:

BIS appoints Daniel Lefort as General Counsel

05 Oct 2005

IFC Bulletin:

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

05 Oct 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Global banking - paradigm shift

02 Oct 2005

Working Papers:

A nonparametric analysis of the shape dynamics of the US personal income distribution: 1962-2000

by Feng Zhu

01 Oct 2005

Working Papers:

The fragility of the Phillips curve: A bumpy ride in the frequency domain

by Feng Zhu

28 Sep 2005

Working Papers:

Revisiting recent productivity developments across OECD countries

by Les Skoczylas and Bruno Tissot

25 Sep 2005

Press releases:

Communiqué of the Ministers and Governors of the Group of Ten

21 Sep 2005

CPSS Publications - Spanish versions

14 Sep 2005

BIS Representative Office for the Americas

14 Sep 2005

BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific

09 Sep 2005

Press releases:

Financial Stability Forum holds its fourteenth meeting in London

06 Sep 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Challenges to financial stability in the current global macroeconomic environment

05 Sep 2005

Press releases:

Quarterly Review, September 2005

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05 Sep 2005

Ageing and pension system reform: implications for financial markets and economic policies

05 Sep 2005

BIS Quarterly Review, September 2005

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02 Sep 2005

Working Papers:

Explaining credit default swap spreads with equity volatility and jump risks of individual firms

by Haibin Zhu, Benjamin Zhang and Hao Zhou

01 Sep 2005

IFC Bulletin:

The IFC's contribution to the 55th ISI Session, Sydney, April 2005

01 Sep 2005

Basel Committee newsletter:

Validation of low-default portfolios in the Basel II Framework

01 Sep 2005

Working Papers:

Accounting, prudential regulation and financial stability: elements of a synthesis

by Claudio Borio and Kostas Tsatsaronis

30 Aug 2005

'Risk management and regulation in banking': Programme

28 Aug 2005

Frequently Asked Questions

28 Aug 2005

Advanced Search

23 Aug 2005

Committee on the Global Financial System

23 Aug 2005

Committee on the Global Financial System: mandate

17 Aug 2005

Other BIS-hosted organisations

17 Aug 2005

Central bank hub - overview

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

Overview

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 2000

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 2001

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 2002

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 2003

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 2004

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 2005

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 1997

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 1998

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - 1999

17 Aug 2005

Press releases:

News archive - pre-1997

04 Aug 2005

Monetary & financial stability - Overview

31 Jul 2005

BCBS Publications:

Enhancing corporate governance for banking organisations - consultative version

30 Jul 2005

BCBS Publications:

The Application of Basel II to Trading Activities and the Treatment of Double Default Effects

29 Jul 2005

BCBS Publications:

Guidance on the estimation of loss given default (Paragraph 468 of the Framework Document)

29 Jul 2005

Press releases:

BIS consolidated banking statistics for the first quarter of 2005

29 Jul 2005

Press releases:

Enhancing Corporate Governance for Banking Organisations

29 Jul 2005

BCBS Publications:

Supervisory guidance on the use of the fair value option by banks under International Financial Reporting Standards - consultative document

29 Jul 2005

BIS consolidated banking statistics - first quarter 2005

29 Jul 2005

Statistics:

International claims by nationality of reporting banks, historical time series

29 Jul 2005

Statistics:

Consolidated claims by maturity and sector

29 Jul 2005

Statistics:

Total foreign claims by nationality of reporting banks, historical time series

26 Jul 2005

Potentially endogenous borrowing and developing country sovereign credit ratings

FSI Occasional Paper No 5

18 Jul 2005

Press releases:

Solutions for the application of Basel II to some trading-related exposures and the treatment of double default effects

14 Jul 2005

404 Not found

13 Jul 2005

Press releases:

Basel Committee meets with wider group of supervisors; issues documents on Basel II and the use of the fair value option

08 Jul 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: The global economy: so far so good?

05 Jul 2005

An Explanatory Note on the Basel II IRB Risk Weight Functions

01 Jul 2005

Working Papers:

An empirical evaluation of structural credit risk models

by Nikola Tarashev

30 Jun 2005

this is the biz: a preview

30 Jun 2005

this is the biz

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30 Jun 2005

Committee publications

27 Jun 2005

The 75th Annual General Meeting

27 Jun 2005

Speech by Mr Nout Wellink, President of the BIS, to the 75th Annual General Meeting

27 Jun 2005

Conference 'Past and Future of Central Bank Cooperation'

27 Jun 2005

Press releases:

BIS holds Annual General Meeting and releases its 75th Annual Report

BIS holds Annual General Meeting and releases its 75th Annual Report (BIS Press Releases 27 Jun 2005)

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27 Jun 2005

Press releases:

BIS amends Statutes to streamline governance

BIS amends Statutes to streamline governance (BIS Press Releases 27 Jun 2005)

27 Jun 2005

BIS 75th Annual Report

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27 Jun 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Activities of the Bank: the year 2004-05 in review

27 Jun 2005

Statistics:

BIS 75th Annual Report - Statistics associated with the graphs

15 Jun 2005

Conference proceedings

13 Jun 2005

Press releases:

Quarterly Review, June 2005

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13 Jun 2005

BIS Quarterly Review, June 2005

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10 Jun 2005

CGFS Publications:

Foreign direct investment in the financial sector - experiences in Asia, central and eastern Europe and Latin America

02 Jun 2005

Fact sheet: Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems

02 Jun 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Meeting worlds? Insurance and banking

01 Jun 2005

BIS History - Overview

01 Jun 2005

CPSS: Contact information

01 Jun 2005

CPSS: History, organisation, cooperation

01 Jun 2005

CPSS: Standard-setting activities

01 Jun 2005

CPSS: Descriptive, analytical and policy reports

01 Jun 2005

Press releases:

BIS completes redistribution of shares

01 Jun 2005

Working Papers:

Research on exchange rates and monetary policy: an overview

by Jeffery Amato, Andrew Filardo, Gabriele Galati, Feng Zhu and Goetz von Peter

30 May 2005

Press releases:

FSF concludes first African regional meeting

28 May 2005

BCBS Publications:

Report for the G7 Summit in Gleneagles

27 May 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: The role of the exchange rate in the monetary frameworks of emerging market economies

24 May 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Lessons from international corporate governance standards: the ethical perspective in corporate governance

20 May 2005

Press releases:

OTC derivatives markets activity in the second half of 2004

20 May 2005

Regular OTC Derivatives Market Statistics

The Global OTC Derivatives Market at end-December 2004

19 May 2005

Press releases:

International Journal of Central Banking launched

19 May 2005

BCBS Working Papers:

Studies on the Validation of Internal Rating Systems (revised)

17 May 2005

Press releases:

Central Bank Cooperation at the Bank for International Settlements

09 May 2005

Press releases:

New developments in large-value payment systems

09 May 2005

Press releases:

Central bank oversight of payment and settlement systems

09 May 2005

Press releases:

General guidance for payment system development

09 May 2005

Press releases:

Timothy F Geithner appointed CPSS Chairman

09 May 2005

CPSS Publications:

General guidance for payment system development (consultation version)

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08 May 2005

CPSS Publications:

Central bank oversight of payment and settlement systems

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07 May 2005

CPSS Publications:

New developments in large-value payment systems

03 May 2005

Press releases:

BIS consolidated banking statistics for the fourth quarter of 2004

03 May 2005

BIS consolidated banking statistics - fourth quarter 2004

02 May 2005

Foreign exchange market intervention in emerging markets: motives, techniques and implications

BIS Papers No. 24

01 May 2005

Globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets

BIS Papers No. 23

01 May 2005

Working Papers:

Forbearance and prompt corrective action

by Narayana Kocherlakota and Ilhyock Shim

29 Apr 2005

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues guidance on the compliance function in banks

29 Apr 2005

BCBS Publications:

Compliance and the compliance function in banks - final document

21 Apr 2005

Banking and Financial Stability: A Workshop on Applied Banking Research

11 Apr 2005

BCBS Publications:

Trading Book Survey: A Summary of Responses

11 Apr 2005

BCBS Publications:

The Application of Basel II to Trading Activities and the Treatment of Double Default Effects

11 Apr 2005

Press releases:

Basel Committee and IOSCO propose solutions for certain trading-related exposures and double default effects under Basel II

Basel Committee and IOSCO propose solutions for certain trading-related exposures and double default effects under Basel II (BIS Press Releases 11 Apr 2005)

06 Apr 2005

IFC Bulletin:

Proceedings of the IFC Conference on "Central Bank Issues Regarding National and Financial Accounts", Basel, September 2004

05 Apr 2005

IFC Bulletin:

Proceedings of the IFC Conference on "Central Bank Issues Regarding National and Financial Accounts", Basel, September 2004

03 Apr 2005

Working Papers:

Debt-deflation: concepts and a stylised model

by Goetz von Peter

02 Apr 2005

Investigating the relationship between the financial and real economy

BIS Papers No. 22

02 Apr 2005

Working Papers:

Commercial property prices and bank performance

by E. Davis and Haibin Zhu

01 Apr 2005

Former and current members of the Board of Directors

01 Apr 2005

Former and current members of BIS Management

01 Apr 2005

Management of the BIS

01 Apr 2005

Real estate indicators and financial stability

BIS Papers No. 21

01 Apr 2005

Working Papers:

How does fiscal policy affect monetary policy in emerging market countries?

by Edda Zoli

31 Mar 2005

Basel Committee newsletter:

Schedule for the fifth Quantitative Impact Study (QIS 5)

31 Mar 2005

Triennial Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity 2004 – Final results

30 Mar 2005

BIS speeches:

by Malcolm D Knight: Features of an effective central bank: some lessons of the past decade

18 Mar 2005

Press releases:

Joint Forum issues report on credit risk transfer

Joint Forum issues report on credit risk transfer (BIS Press Releases 18 Mar 2005)

18 Mar 2005

BCBS Publications:

Credit Risk Transfer

17 Mar 2005

Press releases:

Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in 2004

Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity in 2004 (BIS Press Releases 17 Mar 2005)

17 Mar 2005

CPSS Publications:

Statistics on payment and settlement systems in selected countries - Figures for 2003

15 Mar 2005

Origins

13 Mar 2005

QIS 5: Fifth Quantitative Impact Study

13 Mar 2005

QIS 5 - Fifth Quantitative Impact Study

11 Mar 2005

Press releases:

Financial Stability Forum holds its thirteenth meeting in Tokyo

Financial Stability Forum holds its thirteenth meeting in Tokyo (BIS Press Releases 11 Mar 2005)

11 Mar 2005

Press releases:

FSF announces a new process to promote further improvements in offshore financial centres (OFCs)

FSF announces a new process to promote further improvements in offshore financial centres (OFCs) (BIS Press Releases 11 Mar 2005)

07 Mar 2005

Press releases:

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2005

BIS Quarterly Review - March 2005 (BIS Press Releases 7 Mar 2005)

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07 Mar 2005

Press releases:

Zhou Xiaochuan appointed Chairman of the BIS Asian Consultative Council

Zhou Xiaochuan appointed Chairman of the BIS Asian Consultative Council (BIS Press Releases 7 Mar 2005)

07 Mar 2005

Press releases:

BIS appoints Günter Pleines to head Banking Department

BIS appoints Günter Pleines to head Banking Department (BIS Press Releases 7 Mar 2005)

07 Mar 2005

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2005

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03 Mar 2005

Working Papers:

Measuring default risk premia from default swap rates and EDFs

by Antje Berndt, Rohan Douglas, Darrell Duffie, Mark Ferguson and David Schranz

02 Mar 2005

Working Papers:

The effectiveness of foreign exchange intervention in emerging market countries: evidence from the Czech koruna

by Piti Disyatat and Gabriele Galati

01 Mar 2005

CPSS Publications:

Central bank payment system information

01 Mar 2005

Working Papers:

The role of the natural rate of interest in monetary policy

by Jeffery Amato

28 Feb 2005

Press releases:

International regulators and related organizations announce the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) for the international accountancy profession

International regulators and related organizations announce the Public Interest Oversight Board (PIOB) for the international accountancy profession (BIS Press Releases 28 Feb 2005)

19 Feb 2005

Conditions for using the BIS Archive

18 Feb 2005

BIS speeches:

by Robert Sleeper: How central banks manage their finances

15 Feb 2005

Press releases:

Joint Forum releases outsourcing guidance for financial services

Joint Forum releases outsourcing guidance for financial services (BIS Press Releases 15 Feb 2005)

15 Feb 2005

BCBS Publications:

Outsourcing in Financial Services - final document

11 Feb 2005

BIS - Other Publications

02 Feb 2005

Working Papers:

A model of the IMF as a coinsurance arrangement

by Ralph Chami, Sunil Sharma and Ilhyock Shim

01 Feb 2005

Working Papers:

Current account adjustment and capital flows

by Guy Debelle and Gabriele Galati

31 Jan 2005

Press releases:

BIS consolidated banking statistics for the third quarter of 2004

BIS consolidated banking statistics for the third quarter of 2004 (BIS Press Releases 31 Jan 2005)

31 Jan 2005

BIS consolidated banking statistics - third quarter 2004

25 Jan 2005

Press releases:

BIS to hold 75th anniversary exhibition

BIS to hold 75th anniversary exhibition (BIS Press Releases 25 Jan 2005)

18 Jan 2005

Press releases:

Stress testing continuing to evolve as a practical risk management tool, says CGFS

Stress testing continuing to evolve as a practical risk management tool, says CGFS (BIS Press Releases 18 Jan 2005)

17 Jan 2005

Press releases:

CGFS releases report on role of ratings in structured finance

CGFS releases report on role of ratings in structured finance (BIS Press Releases 17 Jan 2005)

17 Jan 2005

CGFS Publications:

The role of ratings in structured finance - issues and implications

10 Jan 2005

CGFS Publications:

Stress testing at major financial institutions: survey results and practice

05 Jan 2005

Map of Basel

05 Jan 2005

Hong Kong map

05 Jan 2005

BIS email alert

04 Jan 2005

Working Papers:

Inflation targeting, asset prices and financial imbalances: conceptualizing the debate

by Piti Disyatat

01 Jan 2005

CGFS Publications:

The role of ratings in structured finance: issues and implications