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The Bank for International Settlements: An introduction
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The Bank for International Settlements:An introduction
Jean-François Rigaudy Head of Treasury
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Agenda
I. Corporate purpose and structure
II. Fostering international monetary and financial cooperation
III. The bank of central banks
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Corporate objects of the BIS
Article 3 of BIS Statutes:
“to promote the co-operation of central banks and to provide additional facilities for international financial operations”
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Ownership of BIS
SingaporeMalaysiaIcelandChina
and the European Central Bank
United StatesSaudi ArabiaRepublic of Macedonia
HungaryChile
United KingdomRussiaLithuaniaHong Kong SARCanada
TurkeyRomaniaLatviaGreeceBulgaria
ThailandPortugalKoreaGermanyBrazil
SwitzerlandPolandJapanFranceBosnia and Herzegovina
SwedenPhilippinesItalyFinlandBelgium
SpainNorwayIsraelEstoniaAustria
South AfricaNew ZealandIrelandDenmarkAustralia
SloveniaThe NetherlandsIndonesiaCzech RepublicArgentina
SlovakiaMexicoIndiaCroatiaAlgeria
BIS shareholders are the central banks or monetary authorities of*:
*Board members in bold
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Basic structure of the BIS
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Main features
578 Staff48 nationalitiesTwo regional representative offices– In Hong Kong for Asia and the Pacific– In Mexico City for the Americas
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Agenda
I. Corporate purpose and structure
II. Fostering international monetary and financial cooperation
III. The bank of central banks
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Meetings
Bi-monthly meetings of Governors: Global Economy, Review Meeting, All Governors, G10, Emerging Markets
Deputy Governors and senior officials
Economists and technicians
BIS Representative Offices
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Supporting the Standing Committees
Basel Committee on Banking SupervisionCommittee on the Global Financial SystemCommittee on Payment and Settlement SystemsMarkets Committee
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Information and statistics
Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank StatisticsInter-Agency Task Force on Financial StatisticsStatistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX)BIS Data BankData on Central Bank Governance
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Research agendaSupporting the policy work of committees Financial and monetary stabilityTopics relevant to many central banks whether from industrial or emerging markets– Inflation targeting procedures– Transmission mechanism of monetary policy– Nexus between monetary and financial stability– Market functioning, in particular liquidity– Macro-prudential approaches to financial regulation– Credit cycles and asset prices– Modelling and trading of credit risk– Etc
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Publications: www.bis.org
Annual Report: view of BIS on global monetary and current financial issuesQuarterly Review: topical issuesPublications of committeesRegular statistics– Quarterly banking statistics, bond markets, external debt– Triennial survey on foreign exchange and derivatives market
activities (latest in 2007)Research papers– BIS papers, BIS working papers and others
Press & Communications
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Based at BIS: Financial Stability Forum and others
Financial Stability Forum assess vulnerabilities, identify/oversee action, coordinate across regulatory areas (1999)– Reports on HLI, offshore centres, capital flows– Implementation of standards– Website: www.fsforum.org
International Association of Insurance Supervisors (1994)– Website: www.iaisweb.org
International Association of Deposit Insurers (2002)– Website: www.iadi.org
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Agenda
I. Corporate purpose and structure
II. Fostering international monetary and financial cooperation
III. The bank of central banks
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BIS share = 6%
Some 130 central banks, plus a number of international institutions, currently make active use of BIS banking services.
Customer base
Global Foreign
Exchange Reserves
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Assets LiabilitiesGold 31.5 Equity
Claims on public sector Paid up capital 0.7 Government, CBs, int institutions Reserves 10.0& public sector 112.7 Other equity accounts 2.5Reverse repos 91.9
Claims on commercial banks Customer depositsTime deposits 62.1 in gold 29.1
in currencies 236.1
Derivatives & other 12.9 Repos, derivatives & other 32.8
Total assets 311.1 Total equity & liabilities 311.1
Our Balance SheetAs at 31 March 2008; in SDR billion
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Tradable InstrumentsTradable Instruments
Forex & Gold ServicesForex & Gold Services
Asset ManagementAsset Management
Our products
Money Markets Fixed and floating rate depositsCall/notice accounts
FIXBIS (up to 1 year)MTI & Callable MTI (1 - 10 years)
Dedicated portfoliosBIS Investment Pool (BISIP)
Money Markets
Interventions Commercial ordersCurrency allocationDual currency deposits
On balance sheet
Off balance sheet
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Europe 21%
Africa & Middle East 17%
Asia & Pacific 37%
Americas
International institutions
22%
3%
Distribution of BIS customer placementsAt end-March 2008
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Customer placements by currencyIn billions of SDR
0
50
100
150
200
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
USD EUR GBP Other currencies
62% 65%
65% 62%
21%
18%
21%
20%
66%
20%
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Customer placements by productCustomer placements in currencies, in billions of SDR
0
50
100
150
200
250
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Medium-term instruments (MTIs)
FIXBIS
Other short-term instruments
44% 36%43% 39% 36%
26%34%
25%22%
18%30%
33%
33%
29%
43%
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Asset Management Unit: Assets under managementAs at end-March 2008
External Mandates: USD 10.0 bnby customer/region
Total: USD 28.3 bnby assets/currency
USD Govt, 20%
USD Credit, 11%
EUR Govt, 33%
JPY Govt, 7%
GBP Govt, 7%
Global, 7%
Asian Credit, 5%
Admin/Other, 9%
MBS Outsourced, 2%
Asia-Pacific49%
Africa/Middle East35%
Europe9%
Americas7%
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Our Governance Structure
Compliance & Operational
Risk Management
Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Legal ServiceGeneral Counsel, Manager Risk Control
Banking DepartmentHead of Banking Department
General SecretariatSecretary General
Monetary & Economic Dept.Economic Adviser
FinanceIT Services
Building, Security, Logistics
.....
TreasuryAsset Management
OperationsFinancial Analysis
Audit Committee
Internal Audit
• Board sets general risk framework
General Manager-
Deputy General Manager
FICO• Sets risk policy of the
Bank
• Risk Control is independent from Banking Department
Consultative Committee
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Market Risk Group:– Middle Office computes performance– Risk Control set and monitors market risk limits
Credit Risk Group:– Sets and monitors credit risk limits
Risk Methodology Group
Risk Control
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Mexico City Office+52 55 91380290
Hong Kong SAR Office+852 2878 7100
BIS global servicesBasel Headquarters
+41 61 280 8080