Supervision of financial institutions
The supervisory framework has been reformed in many important respects to strengthen financial institutions’ ability to handle risks and promote financial stability. Some of the ingredients of supervisory reforms include:
Consolidated supervision. The central authorities will exert their best efforts to oversee all financial institutions and their affiliated units so as to monitor intra-affiliate transactions.
Risk-based supervision. In the past, a micro-oriented financial approach (or usual transaction testing) was adopted to monitor financial institutions. The approach has been broadened to be macro-oriented as well as forward looking. The involved risk are credit risk, market, foreign exchange risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk. The BOT will adopt “Basel II” by the end of 2008 consisting of the following three pillars: (a) minimum capital requirement; (b) supervisory review process; and (c) market discipline.
Corporate governance. In recognition of the importance of corporate governance, the BOT has taken several initiatives to improve governance of financial institutions. Examples of these initiatives are financial institutions directors’ handbook, structure of bank’ board of directors, fit and proper test, lending to/or investing in related parties, information disclosure, and anti-money laundering.
Accommodate the expansion of financial institutions’ business scope. The BOT has allowed commercial banks to engage in hire purchase, leasing, factoring, private repurchase transactions, new derivative products, and electronic money services. The permission is meant to encourage more competition, full-circuit services, and greater efficiency in the domestic financial market. These business expansions should yield various benefits such as economic of scale, more innovative products, and better customer satisfaction as well as improved performance of financial institutions.
Supervision of financial institutions
The supervisory framework has been reformed in many important respects to strengthen financial institutions’ ability to handle risks and promote financial stability. Some of the ingredients of supervisory reforms include:
Consolidated supervision. The central authorities will exert their best efforts to oversee all financial institutions and their affiliated units so as to monitor intra-affiliate transactions.
Risk-based supervision. In the past, a micro-oriented financial approach (or usual transaction testing) was adopted to monitor financial institutions. The approach has been broadened to be macro-oriented as well as forward looking. The involved risk are credit risk, market, foreign exchange risk, liquidity risk, and operational risk. The BOT will adopt “Basel II” by the end of 2008 consisting of the following three pillars: (a) minimum capital requirement; (b) supervisory review process; and (c) market discipline.
Corporate governance. In recognition of the importance of corporate governance, the BOT has taken several initiatives to improve governance of financial institutions. Examples of these initiatives are financial institutions directors’ handbook, structure of bank’ board of directors, fit and proper test, lending to/or investing in related parties, information disclosure, and anti-money laundering.
Accommodate the expansion of financial institutions’ business scope. The BOT has allowed commercial banks to engage in hire purchase, leasing, factoring, private repurchase transactions, new derivative products, and electronic money services. The permission is meant to encourage more competition, full-circuit services, and greater efficiency in the domestic financial market. These business expansions should yield various benefits such as economic of scale, more innovative products, and better customer satisfaction as well as improved performance of financial institutions.
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