Governance practices at financial regulatory and supervisory agencies / prepared by Steven Seelig and Alicia Novoa.
This paper summarizes the results of a survey of financial supervisory agencies in IMF member countries conducted in 2007. Responses were received from 140 financial sector supervisors in 103 countries. A majority of these are separate stand-alone agencies, though, a majority of bank supervisors are...
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Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction; Boxes; 1. The Survey in Numbers; II. Key Findings; III. The Responding Agencies; A. Demographics within the Government; Figures; 1. Location of Supervisors; B. Independence; 2. Location of Agencies by Type; IV. Agency Mandates; A. Mandates; 3. All Agencies-Number of Supervised Entities; B. Avoiding Overlap and Conflict Resolution; V. How are Financial Sector Supervisors Governed?; A. Structure of the Governing Body; B. Appointment of Members to Governing Bodies; C. Legal Protection for Supervisors; D. Termination of Governing Body Members.
- VI. Resources and Agency Management A. Funding; 4. Legal Protection by Type of Institution; B. Budget Authority and Compensation; C. Code of Conduct; VII. Accountability and Transparency to Stakeholders; A. Accountability; Table; 1. Ability to Set Salary Level and Structure; B. Financial Statements; C. Rule making and Appeals of Agency Decisions; D. Independent Review; 5. Supervisors' Ability to Take Actions Pending Appeal; VIII. Agency Communication with the Public; A. Communications with the Public; 6. Periodic Internal Bench marking-Per Type of Institution.
- 7. Periodic External Bench marking-Per Type of Institution B. Regulatory Impact Analysis; C. Supervisory Sanctions; 8. Preparation of Regulatory Impact Assessments-Per Type of Institution; D. Confidentiality of Information; IX. Are There Differences Between Bank Supervisors that are in the Central Bank and those Outside?; Figure 9. Release of Sanction Decisions; X. Concluding Comments; Appendix; Participating Surveyed Regulatory and Supervisory Agencies.