Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume IV. : Volume IV. / Robert Effros.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Effros, Robert.

Series:

Books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking, Central--Law and legislation.

Banks and banking, Central.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1034 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume, edited by Robert C. Effros, surveys developments at international financial institutions, regional developments affecting central banks, the progress of the European Union countries toward monetary union and a unified banking market, the effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the World Trade Organization on banking services, and the implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement for central banks. Other topics discussed include banking regulation and reform in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, countries of the former Soviet Union, and China; banking supervision; the role of deposit insurance; bankruptcy policy; derivatives; securitization; payments systems; securities transfers; and capital standards for market risk. Appendices reproduce relevant legal documentation.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""DEVELOPMENTS AT INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS""; ""1 Developments at the International Monetary Fund""; ""1A. Some Specific Legal Features of the International Monetary Fund""; ""1B. The Relationship Between the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations""; ""1C. Issues Regarding the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund""; ""2 Developments at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: The Restructuring of the Global Environment Facility""; ""3 Developments at the International Finance Corporation""

""Comment (on Chapters 2 and 3)""""4 The First Three Years of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Legal Issues and Solutions""; ""Comment""; ""REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING CENTRAL BANKS""; ""5 European Monetary Union and the European System of Central Banks""; ""Comment""; ""6 The European Community's Second Banking Directive""; ""7 Banking Law Developments in the European Union: Deposit Insurance and Money-Laundering Initiatives""; ""Comment (on Chapters 6 and 7)""; ""8 GATT and Its Effect on Banking Services""; ""Comment""

""9 The Implications of NAFTA for Central Banks""""Comment""; ""10 Banking Law Developments in Latin America""; ""Comment""; ""COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTS AFFECTING CENTRAL BANKS""; ""11 U.S. Banking Regulation Roundtable""; ""11A. Report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Establishing Foreign Bank Offices in the United States""; ""11B. Report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: National Deposit Insurance Has Worked to Promote Banking Stability""; ""11C. Report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: The Future of Bank Supervision""

""11D. Report from the Office of Thrift Supervision""""Comment""; ""12 Banking Reform in the United States""; ""Comment""; ""13 Banking Law Developments in the United Kingdom""; ""14 Banking Law Developments in Canada""; ""Comment (on Chapters 13 and 14)""; ""15 Banking Law Developments in the Former Soviet Union""; ""Comment""; ""16 Banking Law Reform in China""; ""Comment""; ""TOPICS OF SPECIAL INTEREST AFFECTING CENTRAL BANKS""; ""17 Banking Supervision Around the World""; ""17A. The Role of the Central Bank""; ""17B. Bank Supervision in the G-7 Countries""; ""Comment""

""18 Who Should Be the Banking Supervisors?""""18A. Some General Considerations""; ""18B. A German Perspective""; ""18C. A Swedish Perspective""; ""18D. French Banking Supervision""; ""Comment""; ""19 BCCI: The Lessons for Banking Supervision""; ""Comment""; ""20 The Role of Deposit Insurance: Financial System Stability and Moral Hazard""; ""Comment""; ""21 Bankruptcy: Policy, Law, and Strategy""; ""21A. Bankruptcy Policies, Restructuring, and Economic Efficiency""; ""21B. An Explanation of, and Guide to, Business Reorganizations Under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code""

""21C. Bankruptcy Law and Bank Insolvency Law in Eastern Europe""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 14, 2015).

ISBN:

9786613848499

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1455230758

9781455252800

1455252808

9781283536042

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9781455263820

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