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21 Aug

IFC bulletin:
The IFC's contribution to the 56th ISI Session


31 Jul

Joint Forum publication and press release :
Credit Risk Transfer Developments from 2005 to 2007


23 Jul

Statistics:
Provisional international banking statistics at end-March 2008


17 Jul

BIS Papers:
Financial system and macroeconomic resilience


17 Jul

Working Papers:


 


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Highlights

BIS Quarterly Review

BIS Annual Report

30 June 2008



Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

29 Aug

Publication and press release: Range of practices and issues in economic capital modelling


26 Aug

Publication: Implementation of the compliance principles


17 Jul

Publication: Due diligence and transparency regarding cover payment messages related to cross-border wire transfers


Basel II

22 Jul

Publications and press release: Guidelines for Computing Capital for Incremental Risk in the Trading Book and Proposed revisions to the Basel II market risk framework

Speeches

28 Aug

Central bankers' speeches: Draghi on the translatlantic economy, Hildebrand and Longworth on the financial market turbulence, Papademos on the economic outlook and more and Shirakawa on economic and financial developments and more


09 Jul

Speech by Hervé Hannoun: The 10th anniversary of the BIS Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific Read BIS management speeches


08 Jul

Speech by William R White: International governance for the prevention and management of financial crises Read BIS management speeches