- Institutional Design for Financial Market Supervision: The Choice for National Systems
17 April 2014
Countries aspire to have a competitive financial system that is consistent with financial stability, inspires public confidence, and has the capacity to meet the needs of users and to foster growth…
- Measuring the Effects of Financial Sector Supervision
7 September 2013
Financial supervisors are increasingly expected to be able to demonstrate the effectiveness of their actions. In practice, however, this proves challenging as it is difficult to prove the causality…
- The Regulator's Trade-Off: Bank Supervision vs. Minimum Capital
10 September 2012
We develop a simple model of banking regulation with two policy instruments: minimum capital requirements and supervision of domestic banks. The regulator faces a trade-off: high capital requirements…
- Bank Regulation, Supervision and Liquidity Creation
9 January 2021
The exposures of the banking system during the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 alerted regulators who strengthened their regulation and supervision of banks to prevent future problems. Yet…
- Who Pays for Banking Supervision? Principles, Practices, and Determinants
21 July 2006
This paper is focused on the economics of financing banking supervision. Two questions are investigated: What are the most common financing practices? Can we explain differences in current financing…
- Local Bank Supervision
Report · 27 October 2023
We examine a policy reform that moved supervision for a subset of bank branches in China from the national to the prefecture level. Following the reform, these branches were 57 to 80% more likely to…
- Preventing the Next Financial Failure Post–COVID–19
Report · 21 July 2025
While the U.S. economic position today is unlike any period in modern U.S. history, understanding the cyclical nature of financial regulation and economic behavior patterns delivers valuable insights…
- The Future of State-Owned Financial Institutions
Report · 7 January 2005
This publication provides an in-depth analysis of the systemic challenges associated with state-owned financial institutions and their impact on national economic health. Drawing on extensive…
- Standards and Prudential Oversight for an Integrating World Financial System
Report · 1 November 1999
This paper focuses on international aspects of accounting and auditing; data collection and dissemination; legal processes and institutions, especially for insolvency and bankruptcy; and the…
- International Cooperation for Prudential Oversight of Finance: Which Institutions? Which Countries?
Report · 9 November 2008
This report, written during the 2008 global financial crisis, addresses the critical structural challenges of international financial cooperation, specifically focusing on two questions: "Which…
- Ex post Impact Evaluation Framework – Feedback Statement
Report · 20 December 2018
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a Feedback Statement and the final framework for its Ex post Impact Evaluation (EPIE) program. This initiative establishes a systematic approach…
- FCA publishes a Discussion Paper on the client money distribution rules and the Special Administration Regime
News · 9 March 2016
This 2016 Discussion Paper (DP) represents a major policy response by the FCA aimed at accelerating the return of client funds following the failure of an investment firm. The initiative traces back…
- FCA and Bank of England review Memorandum of Understanding for supervision of markets and market infrastructure
News · 11 March 2015
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE), including the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets out how they cooperate…
- Michelle W Bowman: Responsive and responsible bank regulation and supervision
Speech · 24 June 2023
In this keynote speech delivered at the Salzburg Global Seminar, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle W. Bowman addresses the critical "inflection point" facing bank regulators following the 2023…
- Basel Committee consults on targeted adjustments to its standard on interest rate risk in the banking book
Press release | 12 December 2023Basel Committee publishes consultation on targeted adjustment to its standard on interest rate risk in the banking book.Adjustments update calibration of the…
- Basel Committee finalises AML/CFT guidelines on supervisory cooperation
Press release | 02 July 2020The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued the updated version of its guidelines on Sound management of risks related to money laundering and financing of…
- Peer review of supervisory authorities' implementation of stress testing principles
Report · 12 April 2012
The Basel Committee’s peer review found that stress testing has become a central supervisory tool for assessing risk, contingency planning, and communication following the financial crisis. While the…
- Basel Committee consults on measures to address window-dressing in the G-SIB framework
Press release | 07 March 2024The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a consultation on potential measures to address window-dressing behaviour in the context of the framework for…
- BCBS Events on Banking Supervision and Regulation
Event · 9 March 2026
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision hosts a range of conferences, workshops, and high-level meetings that bring together central bankers, supervisors, academics, and industry experts to…
- Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision and Core Principles Methodology: Overview of comments received
News · 31 March 2006
In response to the April 2006 consultative papers on the Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision and the Core Principles Methodology, the Basel Committee received 31 comment letters from…
- Sovereign risk in bank regulation and supervision: Where do we stand?
Speech · 5 August 2016
Speech by Mr Hervé Hannoun, Deputy General Manager of the BIS, at the Financial Stability Institute High-Level Meeting, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 26 October 2011.BIS speech | 26 October 2011by Hervé HannounPDF…
- Stephen S Poloz: Speculating on the future of finance
Speech
Remarks by Mr Stephen S Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, to the Economic Club of New York, New York City, 11 December 2014.The views expressed in this speech are those of the speaker and not…
- Recent innovations in international banking (Cross Report)
Report · 31 March 1986
At the request of central-bank Governors of the Group of Ten countries a Study Group was established in early 1985 to examine recent innovations in, or affecting, the conduct of international…
- Sound Practices: implications of fintech developments for banks and bank supervisors
Standard or Guidance · 19 February 2018
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published sound practices assessing how technology-driven innovation in financial services may affect the banking industry and supervisory activities in…
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