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Proceedings of the Bank of Canada/IFC Workshop on "Data requirements for analysing the stability and vulnerability of mature financial systems", Ottawa, June 2005

IFC Bulletin No 23
October 2005

 

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IFC news and events

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Message from the chair
Jan Smets
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Draft statutes of the [Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistical Themes]

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Proceedings of the Bank of Canada/Irving Fisher Committee Workshop

Overall summary of the workshop
Brian O’Reilly and Paul Van den Bergh

18

Governor’s speech
David Dodge

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Introductory remarks
Sheryl Kennedy, Deputy Governor

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Session 1: What information is needed to properly address financial stability and vulnerability issues?

Chair's summary
Walter Engert

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Background note on a framework for financial stability analysis and informational inputs
S Kal Wajid

28

A note on indicators and methodologies used in regular publications concerning financial system stability
Satoshi Yamaguchi

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Macro prudential analysis and statistics: are available figures up to the job?
Stefano Borgioli

84

Selected indicators of financial stability
William R Nelson and Roberto Perli

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Financial stability analysis and data needs
Walter Engert

107

A stylised framework for financial system analysis
Paul Van den Bergh
116

Assessing the financial system stability: the experience of Spain in launching the Financial Stability Review (FSR)
Cristina Luna

118
   

Session 2: What is the usefulness of existing statistical frameworks and of new initiatives currently being taken?

Chair's summary
Luigi Federico Signorini

126

Financial and non-financial accounts for monitoring financial stability
Reimund Mink, Patrick Sandars and Nuno Silva

128

Usefulness of existing structures in the statistical system and new initiatives
Art Ridgeway

151

Financial stability analysis – evaluation of existing data sources
Leena Mörttinen

153

Financial stability: an overview of Bank of Italy statistics
Riccardo De Bonis, Giuseppe Grande, Silvia Magri, Luigi Federico Signorini and Massimiliano Stacchini

161

Assessing financial stability at the Bank of Italy: data sources and methodologies
Mario Quagliariello

173

   

Session 3: What are the data gaps regarding banking institutions and how can they be narrowed?

Chair's summary
Gerald Goldstein

183

Time varying model for bond rating transition probabilities
Yutaka Soejima

185

Measuring interest rate risk in the banking sector: the Swiss experience
Robert Bichsel

209

Enhancements to the BIS international banking and financial statistics
Philip Wooldridge

212

Effects on the usefulness of ordinary banking statistics from cross-border consolidation – experiences from a small open economy with a concentrated financial sector
Jan Schüllerqvist

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Banks and systemic problems: a review of selected literature
Gerald Goldstein
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Session 4: What are the data gaps regarding non-bank financial institutions and how can they be narrowed?

Chair's summary
David Fanger

230

Assessing threat to financial stability from non-bank financial sectors
Christian Hawkesby

232

Data for the financial stability analysis of the insurance sector and financial conglomerates
Pim Lescrauwaet

235

A securities regulator’s perspective
Ann Leduc

244

Data requirements and availability regarding hedge funds
Miville Tremblay

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Session 5: What are the data gaps regarding non-financial sectors and how can they be narrowed?

Chair's summary
Leon Taub

250

Alternative approaches to financial data collection in Canada
Brad Belanger and Peter Webber

254

Some data gaps in the Canadian non-financial sector
Meyer Aaron and Celine Gauthier

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Background note: data on the household sector
Shinobu Nakagawa

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Session 6: What is the availability and usefulness of data on financial infrastructures?

Chair's summary
Dinah Maclean and Alejandro Garcia

265

Data issues regarding clearing and settlement systems and retail payment instruments
Kim McPhail

267

The pivotal role of the Centralised Securities Database for monitoring developments in financial markets within the European Union
Carlos Sánchez Muñoz and Peter Neudorfer

272

A brief presentation of the French experience with advanced tools for banking supervision and the operational use of macro stress tests
Sébastien Clanet

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Session 7: What data do we need on financial markets and how can they be obtained?

Chair's summary
Randall Powley

283

Measuring risk appetite
Philip Wooldridge

286

Canadian corporate bond market – what do we need to know?
Jon Cockerline

290

Building a securities information system on a security-by-security basis
Erich Hille

295
   
Session 8: Can improved disclosure/transparency as well as innovations in technology and financial products be expected to improve the availability of relevant financial data?

Chair's summary
Patrick Sandars

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How informative are market risk disclosures by financial institutions?
Benjamin H Cohen

303

Introduction of XBRL in the reporting framework of DNB
Patrick C Hoedjes

307
A brief introduction to Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange – the initiative and standards
Presented by Paul Van den Bergh
310

Technology and securities regulation
Randee Pavalow

316
   
Session 9: Panel discussion – Improving financial data: what are the priorities and what steps can be taken to achieve progress allowing for budget constraints?

Chair's summary
Donna Howard

319

Panellist intervention
Clive Thorp

321

Panellist intervention
Art Ridgeway

325

Panellist intervention
David Fanger

327

Panellist intervention
René Garcia

328