Current legal issues affecting central banks. Vol.IV

CONTENTS

Chapter1: Developments at the International Monetary Fund;
1A. Some Specific Legal Features of the International Monetary Fund;
1B. The Relationship Between the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations;
1C. Issues Regarding the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund
Chapter 2: Developments at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: The Restructuring of the Global Environment Facility;
Chapter 3: Developments at the International Finance Corporation;
Chapter 4: The First Three Years of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Legal Issues and Solutions;
Chapter 5: European Monetary Union and the European System of Central Banks;
Chapter 6: The European Community’s Second Banking Directive;
Chapter 7: Banking Law Developments in the European Union: Deposit Insurance and Money-Laundering Initiatives;
Chapter 8: GATT and Its Effect on Banking Services;
Chapter 9: The Implications of NAFTA for Central Banks;
Chapter 10: Banking Law Developments in Latin America;
Chapter 11: U.S. Banking Regulation Roundtable;
11 A. Report from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Establishing Foreign Bank Offices in the United States;
11B. Report from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: National Deposit Insurance Has Worked to Promote Banking Stability;
11C. Report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: The Future of Bank Supervision;
11D. Report from the Office of Thrift Supervision;
Chapter 12: Banking Reform in the United States;
Chapter 13: Banking Law Developments in the United Kingdom;
Chapter 14: Banking Law Developments in Canada;
Chapter 15: Banking Law Developments in the Former Soviet Union;
Chapter 16: Banking Law Reform in China;
Chapter 17: Banking Supervision Around the World;
17A. The Role of the Central Bank;
17B. Bank Supervision in the G-7 Countries;
Chapter 18: Who Should Be the Banking Supervisors?;
18A. Some General Considerations;
18B. A German Perspective;
18C. A Swedish Perspective;
18D. French Banking Supervision;
Chapter 19: BCCI: The Lessons for Banking Supervision;
Chapter 20: The Role of Deposit Insurance: Financial System Stability and Moral Hazard;
Chapter 21: Bankruptcy: Policy, Law, and Strategy;
21A. Bankruptcy Policies, Restructuring, and Economic Efficiency;y
21B. An Explanation of, and Guide to, Business Reorganizations Under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code;
21C. Bankruptcy Law and Bank Insolvency Law in Eastern Europe;
Chapter 22: The New Foreign Exchange Master Agreements;
22A. The Significance of the International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement;
22B. An Analysis of the International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement
Chapter 23: Financial Derivatives;
23A. Over-the-Counter Derivatives;
23B. The Risks of Financial Derivatives;
Chapter 24: Securitization: Has It Matured?;
Chapter 25: Payment Systems;
25A. Legal Issues Regarding Payment and Netting Systems;
25B. Risks in the Large-Value Payment System and the Role of Netting;
Chapter 26: Securities Transfers;
26A. Delivery Against Payment;
26B. Legal Issues Regarding Payment and Settlement;
26C. Securities Clearance and Settlement;
Chapter 27: International Banking Capital Standards for Market Risk: Recent Developments and Possible New Directions.
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