FSB News
The FSB Wants Feedback on Policies For Systemically Important Insurers
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is seeking public comment on proposed guidance "for the identification of the critical functions and critical shared services for systemically important insurers." ...
House Republicans Call for Opening Black Box on Systemic Risk Designations
A group of Republican lawmakers demanded documents on Friday from U.S. regulators, voicing concerns that decisions about whether to designate large financial companies as systemically risky are ...
The FSB Objective: Never Waste a Good Crisis
We have had the benefit of more than six months since the designations were announced by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), and we now also have the Oct. 9, 2013 statement by the International ...
Regulators Map Out First Capital Blueprint for Insurers; IAIS Writing Global Standards
The world's top insurers could be forced to raise fresh capital under rules proposed by regulators on Wednesday, echoing measures imposed on the banks to try to avert the risk of another financial ...
On the Regulation and the Facts
There was much coverage last month on the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but it was also the fifth anniversary of the U.S. government's intervention in AIG. While the issues at ...
Financial Stability Board’s Report Misses the Mark: PCI Executive Perspective
In the United States, football season has just arrived. In Europe, football season has been underway since August. While both are sports and both sports are called "football," they couldn't be more ...
G20 Body Says U.S. Could Improve Financial Risk Spotting
The United States could improve how it spots and prevents risks in the financial system from turning into destabilizing crises, a global regulatory task force said on Tuesday. The Financial Stability ...
G-SII Designations Might Fuel Restructurings: S&P
New requirements that will be imposed on insurers that the Group of 20's Financial Stability Board has designated to be global systemically important insurers may motivate G-SII restructurings down ...