Latvia : Review of the Financial System / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Technological innovations.

Finance.

Finance--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Latvia

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : OECD Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This review of Latvia by the OECD Committee on Financial Markets is part of a series of reviews of the financial system. The Committee was requested to examine Latvia's position with respect to core principles related to financial systems.

Contents:

REVIEW OF LATVIA BY THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL MARKETS

I. Overview

A. Macroeconomic context

B. Recent trends in financial markets

II. Financial infrastructure

A. Central bank and monetary policy framework

B. Payment System

III. Banking system: structure and operations

A. Financial institutions and financial groups

B. Concentration of the banking system

C. Banks specialised in non-resident deposits

D. State-ownership of financial institutions

IV. Capital markets: structure and operation

A. Capital market intermediaries

B. Recent developments

C. Custody, clearing and settlement

V. Financial supervision and regulation

A. Supervision of market and intermediaries

B. Financial stability oversight and macroprudential surveillance

C. Financial consumer protection and education

E. International surveillance assessment (2012)

VI. International financial integration

A. Recent developments in cross-border investment

B. Securities and other financial market instruments

C. Market access for foreign institutions and investors

VII. Compliance with the OECD legal instruments on financial markets

ANNEX: FSAP RECOMMENDATIONS.

Notes:

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ISBN:

92-64-32264-7