Foreword to Chapters 16 and 17
Author:
PHILIP R. WOOD
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Language:
English
Print Publication Date:
20 May 1998
Keywords:
BOOK; bank; value; transaction; bank supervisor; debtor; settlement risk; derivatives contract; bank secrecy; value card; Currencies; Legal support in revenue administration; Credit; Global; North America; Europe; Caribbean; Eastern Europe; Asia and Pacific; insolvency law; bankruptcy statute; tax haven country; multilateral netting; Solvency; Securities; Africa; Southern Africa

Abstract

Two subjects are examined in Chapters 16 and 17, bank secrecy and derivatives. Bank secrecy seems a simple subject, but it is difficult. Derivatives seem difficult, but, from the point of view of contractual law, they are simple. A contract providing that if the value of a basket of securities on the stock exchange goes over 100, the party will pay the counterparty the difference, is elementary. From the legal point of view, its technology is basic. It is simple compared to an offtake agreement with an electricity power station, a construction agreement for a refinery, or a financial lease of an aircraft.

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Cover Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume V
Current Legal Issues Affecting Central Banks, Volume V
ISBN:
9781557756954
Publication Date:
20 May 1998
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781557756954.071
Pages:
867
Front Matter
Chapter 1 Developments at the International Monetary Fund
Chapter 2 The World Bank in the Nineties
Chapter 3 Developments at the International Finance Corporation
Foreword to Chapters 4 and 5
Chapter 4 Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk
COMMENT
Chapter 5 Cross-Border Electronic Banking: Perspectives on Systemic Risk and Sovereignty
COMMENT
Afterword to Chapters 4 and 5
Foreword to Chapters 6 and 7
Chapter 6 Stored Value Products: A New Legal Challenge
COMMENT
COMMENT
Chapter 7 Checks and Check Collection: A Comparison Between the Common Law and Geneva Systems
COMMENT
COMMENT
Afterword to Chapters 6 and 7
Foreword to Chapters 8 and 9
Chapter 8 Comparative Banking Supervision
COMMENT
COMMENT
Chapter 9 Bank Failure Case Histories
COMMENT
Afterword to Chapters 8 and 9
Foreword to Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter 10 Internal Controls and Risk Management for Banks
Chapter 11 Sharing of Information Between Supervisory Authorities
COMMENT
Afterword to Chapters 10 and 11
Chapter 12 Resolution of Sovereign Liquidity Crises: Basic Concepts and Issues
Chapter 13 Legal Framework for Dealing with Sovereign Debt Defaults
Chapter 14 Legal Remedies in the Event of a Sovereign Debt Default
Chapter 15 The Debt-Rescheduling Process: Pitfalls and Hazards
Afterword to Chapters 12 to 15
Chapter 16 Derivatives Activities of Banking Institutions: Initiatives for Supervision and Enhanced Disclosure
COMMENT
COMMENT
Chapter 17 International Law of Bank Secrecy
COMMENT
Chapter 18 Financial Services in the General Agreement on Trade in Services: Framework and the 1995 Negotiations
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Back Matter