Financial Stability Forum
Liquidity pressures could return, says FSF report
Money-market tensions could yet re-emerge, a group of leading central bankers and policymakers warned on Monday.
Regulators to cooperate on rules to combat crisis
Financial regulators from the world's leading economies are set to draft recommendations to avert global instability in response to the recent market turmoil.
FSF: Stormy markets require new risk thinking
The Financial Stability Forum said Thursday 29 March the recent turbulence in financial markets shows that market participants need to be prepared for the possibility of a major shift in investors' appetite for risk.
Mario Draghi to succeed Roger Ferguson at FSF
Following consultations within the Financial Stability Forum's (FSF) membership, the G7 Finance Ministers and central bank Governors on Monday 24 April confirmed their support for the designation of Mario Draghi as Chairman of the FSF.
Fed's Ferguson warns over shock potential
U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson on Saturday 22 April cautioned that the tranquillity of financial markets in recent years does not mean that they were not vulnerable to more severe shocks.
Financial Stability Forum concludes meeting
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) held its fourth Asia-Pacific regional meeting on Thursday 16 March in Sydney, Australia.
FSF meets with the hedge fund community
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) recently convened two informal workshops of senior members of the hedge fund community, their counterparties, and financial authorities.
Statement by Roger Ferguson on the IMFC meeting
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) held its fourteenth meeting on 8-9 September 2005 in London. The issues discussed included: risks and vulnerabilities in the international financial system; the resilience of the financial system to shocks and lessons…
Financial Stability Forum holds its 14th meeting
The Financial Stability Forum (FSF), chaired by Roger W. Ferguson, met on 8-9 September in London. Members discussed risks and vulnerabilities in the international financial system.
Financial Stability Forum to meet in London
The Financial Stability Forum announced on Tuesday 30 August that it will hold its fourteenth meeting on 8-9 September in London.
Economy vulnerable to rate rise says Forum
Following a meeting in Rome, chaired by Fed vice chairman Roger Ferguson, the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) issued a generally upbeat assessment of the global economy but highlighted worries about excessive levels of debt and capital flows to emerging…
FSF: global economy vulnerable to rate rises
Following a meeting in Rome, chaired by Fed vice chairman, Roger Ferguson, the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) issued a generally upbeat assessment of the global economy but highlighted worries about excessive levels of debt and capital flows to emerging…
Iraq shadow over the BIS?
Some European central bankers are said to be unhappy with the recent appointment of Roger Ferguson as head of the Financial Stability Forum. It is not that Ferguson is thought to lack qualifications for the job - quite the contrary, there is much respect…
G7 names Fed's Ferguson to head G7 stability forum
The G7 announced on Saturday 17 May that it had named Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson as the new head of the Financial Stability Forum, according to Reuters
Financial Stability Forum Press Release, 11 April
PRESS RELEASE - First FSF regional meeting with central and eastern European authorities. The Financial Stability Forum (FSF) today held its first regional meeting with central and eastern European countries at the European Bank for Reconstruction and…
Financial Stability Forum holds seventh meeting
PRESS RELEASE - The Financial Stability Forum (FSF), chaired by Andrew Crockett, General Manager, Bank for International Settlements, met on 25-26 March in Hong Kong SAR, 26 March.
BIS Stability Forum's 'to do list'
ARTICLE - The Financial Stability Fourm (FSF), following its meeting on 22/23 March in Washington DC, has released a paper revealing the progress of dozens of initiatives now underway to bolster financial system soundness.
The Bank of Canada and Financial Stability-Dodge
SPEECH - David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada, gives his second speech since taking over the job about what the central bank is doing to promote financial stability. He emphasises the work of the Group of Twenty, chaired by Canadian finance…
BOJ's Yamaguchi to visit Washington to attend FSF
BOJ deputy governor Yutaka Yamaguchi will visit Washington from Mar 22, 2001 to attend a meeting of the Financial Stability Forum, the central bank said in a statement on Mar 21, 2001.
BIS urges vigilance on asset bubbles
It's time for central bankers to get tough on bubbles, according to a top official at the Bank for International Settlements. Overly high stock and property prices should prompt central bankers to take interest rate action in the same way rising wage…
IMF lobbies private sector over finance standards
An IMF/World Bank team visited London today on one leg of a travellingroadshow designed to sell global financial standards to the private sector.