Global Initiatives
The Global Initiatives section aggregates all of the reulatory developments put forward by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the International Organization fo Securities Commissions and the International Association of Insurance Superintendents as well as the G20, Joint Forum and the Financial Stability Board and the OECD, IMF and World Bank. European Union annnouncements are found in the Europe Section.
Directors Duties: A Comparative Evaluation of Obligation
Governance and Anti-corruption Remain Integral to World Bank’s Work
This paper updates the Governance and Anticorruption Strategy endorsed by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors on October 7, 2007.
Originally Published:
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
World Bank Study Finds That Disclosure of Assets and Income by Public Officials Is Crucial to Curbing Corruption
Income and asset disclosure (“IAD”) systems are gaining recognition as an important corruption prevention and anticorruption enforcement tool.
Originally Published:
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
World Bank Governance and Anti-Corruption Implementation Plan
The Implementation Plan articulates concrete steps to implement the Governance and Anticorruption (GAC) strategy of the World Bank Group (WBG) approved by the Board of Directors in March 2007.
Originally Published:
Friday, September 28, 2007
The Direction of Regulatory Reform & the CEDAR Portal
Justin O'Brien of the CLMR at the University of New South Wales talks to Amir Ghandar about the direction of international regulatory reform and the ratinale behind establishing the CEDAR portal.
Originally Published:
Friday, March 9, 2012
Bank for International Settlements Releases Paper on Rescue Packages and Bank Lending
The Bank for International Settlements has released a working paper which outlines the importance of bank capitalisation in the supply of bank lending.
Originally Published:
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Bank for International Settlements Releases Paper on the Sustainability of Pension Schemes
The Bank for International Settlements has released a working paper on the sustainability of pension schemes, which suggests that changes in real returns have a disproportionate impact on service costs for pension schemes.
Originally Published:
Monday, January 2, 2012
Financial Action Task Force Publishes Outcomes Of Plenary Meeting (27-28 October 2011)
The Financial Action Task Force has published an update following its plenary meeting in Paris on 27-28 October 2011 relating to strategic anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.
Originally Published:
Thursday, October 27, 2011
International Corporate Governance Network Global Corporate Governance Principles
The corporate governance principles provide best practices standards of conduct and are intended to be of general application around the world, irrespective of legislative background or listing rules.
Originally Published:
Monday, November 9, 2009