News archive - 2012

Press releases:

Fourth FAQs on Basel III's counterparty credit risk and exposures to central counterparties

Press releases:

Revisions to the Basel Securitisation Framework, consultative document published by the Basel Committee

Working Papers:

Why do firms issue abroad? Lessons from onshore and offshore corporate bond finance in Asian emerging markets

by Paul Mizen, Frank Packer, Eli M Remolona and Serafeim Tsoukas

Working Papers:

Global safe assets

by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Olivier Jeanne

Working Papers:

Financial Globalisation and the Crisis

by Philip R. Lane

Statistics:

BIS effective exchange rate indices

Press releases:

Implementation of the Basel III Framework

Working Papers:

Systematic monetary policy and the forward premium puzzle

by Demosthenes N. Tambakis and Nikola Tarashev

BIS Quarterly Review:

BIS Quarterly Review, December 2012

Statistics:

Statistics on exchange traded derivatives

Working Papers:

Unmitigated disasters? New evidence on the macroeconomic cost of natural catastrophes

by Goetz von Peter, Sebastian von Dahlen and Sweta C Saxena

Press releases:

Operationalising the selection and application of macroprudential instruments

Press releases:

BIS, ECB and IMF publish third part of Handbook on Securities Statistics

CPSS Publications:

Payment, clearing and settlement systems in the CPSS countries - Volume 2

BIS speeches:

by Jaime Caruana: Assessing global liquidity from a financial stability perspective

BCBS Publications:

Basel III counterparty credit risk - Frequently asked questions (update of FAQs published in July 2012)

Global systemically important banks: Assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement

OTC derivatives market activity in the first half of 2012

Statistics:

Semiannual OTC derivatives statistics at end-June 2012

BIS speeches:

by Claudio Borio: On time, stocks and flows: Understanding the global macroeconomic challenges

CGFS Publications:

Improving the BIS international banking statistics

Press releases:

BIS hosts first GPFI Conference on Standard-Setting Bodies and Financial Inclusion

Challenges related to capital flows: Latin American perspectives

BIS Papers No. 68

BCBS Publications:

Report to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on Basel III implementation

Press releases:

Dealing with domestic systemically important banks: framework issued by the Basel Committee

Fiscal policy, public debt and monetary policy in emerging market economies

BIS Papers No. 67

Press releases:

Basel III implementation progress report published by the Basel Committee

Are central bank balance sheets in Asia too large?

BIS Papers No. 66

Managing systemic risk from the perspective of the financial network under macroeconomic distress

FSI Award 2012 Winning Paper

by Jae Hyun Jo

Working Papers:

Currency intervention and the global portfolio balance effect: Japanese lessons

by Petra Gerlach-Kristen, Robert N McCauley and Kazuo Ueda

BCBS Publications:

Basel III regulatory consistency assessment (Level 2) - Preliminary report: United States of America

Press releases:

Implementation of capital standards: assessment reports published by Basel Committee

Working Papers:

Monetary policy in a downturn: Are financial crises special?

by Morten Bech, Leonardo Gambacorta and Enisse Kharroubi

Press releases:

Principles for the supervision of financial conglomerates released by the Joint Forum

Press releases:

Quantitative impact study results published by the Basel Committee

Press releases:

September 2012 Quarterly Review: Investors search for yield as rates drop further

Press releases:

Core principles for effective banking supervision - revised version endorsed by global bank supervisors

Press releases:

Choongsoo Kim appointed Chair of the BIS Asian Consultative Council

Working Papers:

The Social Value of Policy Signals

by Stefan Avdjiev, Patrick McGuire and Nikola Tarashev

Working Papers:

Ageing, property prices and money demand

by Kiyohiko G Nishimura and Előd Takáts

Working Papers:

The Effectiveness of Unconventional Monetary Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: A Cross-Country Analysis

by Leonardo Gambacorta, Boris Hofmann and Gert Peersman

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues consultative document on managing risks associated with the settlement of foreign exchange transactions

Financial Stability Institute (FSI) publications

Press releases:

Recovery and resolution of financial market infrastructures, consultative report issued by CPSS-IOSCO

BIS speeches:

by Jaime Caruana: Interconnectedness and the importance of international data-sharing

FSI Survey - Basel II, 2.5 and III Implementation

BCBS Publications:

Basel III counterparty credit risk - Frequently asked questions (update of FAQs published in November 2011)

BCBS Publications:

Capital requirements for bank exposures to central counterparties

Working Papers:

Risk-on/risk-off, capital flows, leverage and safe assets

by Robert N McCauley

Statistics:

Preliminary international banking statistics at end-March 2012

Press releases:

Margin requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives - consultative document issued BCBS and IOSCO

BCBS Publications:

Monitoring indicators for intraday liquidity management - consultative document

Statistics:

Guidelines to the international consolidated banking statistics

BCBS Publications:

A framework for dealing with domestic systemically important banks - consultative document

BCBS Publications:

The internal audit function in banks - final document

BCBS Publications:

Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting - consultative document

Press releases:

Basel Committee issues Principles for effective risk data aggregation and risk reporting - consultative document

Press releases:

It's time to break the vicious cycles, says BIS in 82nd Annual Report

The 82nd Annual General Meeting

Statistics:

Annual Report 2011/12 - Statistics associated with the graphs

BIS speeches:

by Jaime Caruana: Progress and challenges in financial reform

Press releases:

Basel Committee reports to G20 Leaders on global implementation of its standards

BIS Quarterly Review:

BIS Quarterly Review, June 2012

Press releases:

Innovations in retail payments: report released by the CPSS

Banks - how big is big enough?

A joint workshop hosted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, Basel, Switzerland, 24-25 May 2012.

BCBS Working Papers:

The policy implications of transmission channels between the financial system and the real economy

Press releases:

OTC derivatives market activity in the second half of 2011

Press releases:

Fundamental review of trading book capital requirements: consultation by the Basel Committee

3rd BIS Consultative Council for the Americas conference "Financial stability, financial regulation and monetary policy"

Programme and papers from the 3rd BIS Consultative Council for the Americas conference on "Financial stability, financial regulation and monetary policy", Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 26-27 April 2012.

Working Papers:

Ensuring price stability in post-crisis Asia: lessons from the recovery

by Andrew Filardo

CPSS Publications:

Principles for financial market infrastructures, assessment methodology and disclosure framework

BCBS Publications:

Peer review of supervisory authorities' implementation of stress testing principles

Press releases:

Quantitative impact study results published by the Basel Committee

Press releases:

Bank of Korea - Bank for International Settlements - International Monetary Fund: joint conference concludes on macrofinancial linkages and their policy implications

BOK-BIS-IMF Conference on Macrofinancial Linkages: Implications for Monetary and Financial Stability Policies

BOK-BIS-IMF Conference on Macrofinancial Linkages: Implications for Monetary and Financial Stability Policies, Seoul, Korea, 10-11 April 2012.

Residency/Local and Nationality/Global Views of Financial Positions

IFC Working Papers No 8

BCBS Publications:

Basel III regulatory consistency assessment programme

Press releases:

Progress report on Basel III implementation and procedures for conducting country reviews published by Basel Committee

Property markets and financial stability

BIS Papers No. 64

BIS Quarterly Review:

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2012

Working Papers:

Collateral requirements for mandatory central clearing of over-the-counter derivatives

by Daniel Heller and Nicholas Vause

Working Papers:

Inflation Dynamics in the Presence of Informal Labour Markets

by Paul Castillo and Carlos Montoro

Call for papers for the Fourth Joint BIS/World Bank Public Investors Conference

Fourth Joint BIS/World Bank Public Investors Conference, Washington DC, 3-4 December 2012.

BCBS Publications:

Report on intra-group support measures

BIS speeches:

by Jaime Caruana: Building a resilient financial system

Call for papers for the joint ECB-BIS workshop on "Global Liquidity and its International Repercussions"

Joint workshop of the European Central Bank and the Bank for International Settlements on "Global Liquidity and its International Repercussions", Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 6-7 February 2012.

Statistics:

Preliminary international banking statistics, third quarter 2011

Working Papers:

Stress-testing macro stress testing: does it live up to expectations?

by Claudio Borio, Mathias Drehmann and Kostas Tsatsaronis

CPSS Publications:

Report on OTC derivatives data reporting and aggregation requirements - final report

Financial sector regulation for growth, equity and stability

BIS Papers No. 62

Press releases:

William C Dudley appointed Chairman of the Committee on the Global Financial System

Press releases:

Basel III liquidity standard and strategy for assessing implementation of standards endorsed by Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision

Working Papers:

The sustainability of pension schemes

by Srichander Ramaswamy