Iceland: Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Report on the Observance and Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Regulation, Securities Regulation, Payment Systems, and Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency

International Monetary Fund

No 2003/271, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: The 2001 financial system stability assessment identified risks of financial sector instability, as rapid increases in foreign and domestic currency indebtedness, accumulating external imbalances, and inflation accompanied Iceland's expansion of the late 1990s. The insurance sector, composed of 15 domestic insurance companies including four life insurance companies and three larger companies that dominate the nonlife market, is the smallest sector in the financial system. The authorities monitor banks' long-term foreign exchange refunding needs and the outcomes of refunding operations.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; FME action; FME examination process; stress scenario; enforcement power; FME data; FME power; FME staff; operating budget; FME supervision; FME resource; FME board; return on assets; Commercial banks; Loans; Pension spending; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Capital adequacy requirements (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33
Date: 2003-08-29
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