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South Africa and the Region: Economic Policy, Financial System, Financial Institutions, Investment, Markets and Regulation

The Guide to the Southern African Financial Services Industry

FSF brings you information on financial services, economic policy, financial institutions, financial markets, financial regulation and payment systems in South Africa and elsewhere.
        
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IMF: Central banking lessons from the crisis  Wednesday, 21 July 2010

The IMF’s Executive Board discussed the lessons from the crisis for central banks. Policymakers are beginning to incorporate the lessons of the crisis for policy frameworks, including those for systemic financial stability, prudential regulation and supervision, monetary policy, liquidity management, and crisis management.

Central banks were thus the main institutional focus of the discussion, although there were also implications for regulators separate from central banks. While the discussion considered mainly the issues facing advanced economies, the lessons are applicable to a wide range of economies.

The crisis brought the financial system to the verge of systemic collapse and raised the prospect of depression and deflation. Central banks helped defuse these threats, including through exceptional measures. Considerable efforts are now under way to draw policy lessons from the crisis. For central banks, the crisis seems to provide three important lessons for policy frameworks—mainly concerning systemic financial stability.

First, financial stability should be addressed mainly using macroprudential policies. They can mitigate the procyclicality of systemic risk and the build-up of structural vulnerabilities. Macroprudential tools include capital requirements and buffers, forward-looking loss provisioning, liquidity ratios, and prudent collateral valuation. All potentially systemic institutions and markets should be within the macroprudential regulatory perimeter. Central banks should play a key role, whether or not they serve as the main regulator. However, much work remains to be done to develop full-fledged macroprudential frameworks, including operational tools and governance and institutional arrangements. ...

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Financial institutional structure
Following recent statements by the ANC and its Alliance partners, we wish to facilitate discussion on the South African financial system and its institutional infrastructure - Treasury; Reserve Bank; Financial Services Board; banks, etc.; monetary policy; regulation; stability; payment systems; and nationalisation.
The Devil’s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, by Vicky Ward
They were the Rat Pack of Wall Street. Four close friends: one a decorated war hero, one an emotional hippie, and two regular guys with big hearts, big dreams, and noble aims. They were going to get rich on Wall Street. They were going to prove that men like them ? with zero financial training - could more than equal the Ivy-League-educated white shoe bankers who were the competition. They were going to create an institution for men like them -- men who were hungry and untrained ? and they were going to win, but not at the cost of their souls. In short, they were going to be the good guys of finance.
Financial news from South African online news publications.
The price of freedom 
An Economist special report on South Africa. Since embracing full democracy 16 years ago, South Africa has made huge strides. But, says Diana Geddes, not everything has changed for the better.

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The Economist's Big Mac index seeks to make exchange-rate theory more digestible. It is arguably the world's most accurate financial indicator to be based on a fast-food item.
Property analyses are in the Assets and investments section
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June 2010

Absa provides its third Quarterly Economic Perspective, it is indexed in the Economic information section.
The [SA] Monetary Policy Committee decided to leave the repo rate unchanged at 6,5 per cent per year, see the latest Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee available from the Reserve Bank, it is indexed in the System & markets section. Next meeting on 8 & 9 September 2010.
The OECD has published its Economic Survey of South Africa, it is indexed in the Economic information section.
The [SA] Sunday Times has published a survey on Internet fraud and crime, see Combat rising crime and fraud on the Web on the South Africa: Financial Institutional Structure website.
The Bank of England has published it biannual Financial Stability Report, it is indexed in the Regulation & legislation section.
The SA Reserve Bank June Quarterly Bulletin is now available, it is indexed in the Economic information section.
Standard Bank's Lesotho: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
An updated Standard Bank Residential Property Gauge is available (PDF), it is indexed in the Assets & investments section.

May 2010

Standard Bank's Tanzania: Annual Economic Outlook    (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The SA Reserve Bank releases the Bank Supervision, 2009 Annual Report, it is indexed in the Regulation & legislation section.
Standard Bank's Angola: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The SA Reserve Bank has released it biannual Monetary Policy Review, it is indexed in the System & markets section.
Have your say on the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill. The Standing Committee on Finance invites shareholders and interested parties to submit written submissions on the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill [B10-2010].
The [SA] Monetary Policy Committee decided to leave the repo rate unchanged at 6,5 per cent per year, see the latest Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee available from the Reserve Bank, it is indexed in the System & markets section. Next meeting on 21 & 22 July 2010.
Marcus calls for SARB amendment bill to be fast-tracked. Following Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s comments last week that the government is to amend the country’s Reserve Bank Act, SARB Governor Gill Marcus yesterday urged the country’s Parliament to “fast track” the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill.
Standard Bank's Swaziland: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
An updated Standard Bank Residential Property Gauge is available (PDF), it is indexed in the Assets & investments section.
The Standard Bank provides an Africa Snapshot, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The second quarter Absa Housing Review is available (PDF), it is indexed in the Assets & investments section.

April 2010

Standard Bank's Ghana: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The SA Reserve Bank provides its latest Financial Stability Review: March 2010, it is indexed in the Regulation & legislation section.
The Ernst & Young Financial Services Index, First Quarter 2010, is available, it is indexed in Institutions & bodies section.
The IMF provides its 2010 World Economic Outlook, it is indexed in The Africa region sections.
The Nedbank Guide to the Economy is now available, it is indexed in the Economic information section.
Standard Bank's Namibia: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The IMF provides its latest Global Financial Stability Report, it is indexed in the Regulation & legislation and The Africa region sections.
Absa provides its Quarterly Economic Perspective, it is indexed in the Economic information section.
Standard Bank's Malawi: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
Standard Bank's Nigeria: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
An updated Standard Bank Residential Property Gauge is available (PDF), it is indexed in the Assets & investments section.

March 2010

Standard Bank's Zimbabwe: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The [SA] Monetary Policy Committee decided to reduce the repo rate by 50 basis points to 6,5 per cent per year, see the latest Statement of the Monetary Policy Committee available from the Reserve Bank, it is indexed in the System & markets section. Next meeting on 12 & 13 May 2010.
The SA Reserve Bank March Quarterly Bulletin is now available, it is indexed in the Economic information section.
Standard Bank's Botswana: Annual Economic Outlook and Kenya: Annual Economic Outlook  (PDF) are available, they are indexed in The Africa region section.
The Ernst & Young Financial Services Index, Fourth Quarter 2009, it is indexed in Institutions & bodies section.
Standard Bank's DRC: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.

February 2010

Rand Merchant Bank's Africa Quarterly: Getting back on track, is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
Standard Bank's Uganda: Annual Economic Outlook   (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The 2010 National Budget documentation is now available, it is indexed in the Economic information section
Standard Bank's annual report The Economy in 2010 (PDF 2,4 MB) is available, it is indexed in the Economic information section
Standard Bank's Zambia: Annual Economic Outlook  (PDF) is available, it is indexed in The Africa region section.
The first quarter Absa Housing Review is available (PDF), it is indexed in the Assets & investments section.
An updated Standard Bank Residential Property Gauge is available (PDF), it is indexed in the Assets & investments section.
The Nedbank Guide to the Economy is now available, it is indexed in the Economic information section.

Choice, not fate the life and times of Trevor Manuel: Biography of Trevor Manuel
Pippa Green
Trevor Manuel has been South African Minister of Finance since June 1996. He was born in Cape Town in January 1956 the son of an employee of the Cape Town City Council. He was involved in the founding of the UDF in the Western Cape and subsequently became the regional secretary of the United Democratic Front (UDF). Between 1985-1990 he was repeatedly detained without trial or placed under house arrest, spending a total of 35 months in detention. In 1992 Manuel became head of the ANC's Department of Economic Planning. After the April 1994 elections Manuel was appointed Minister of Trade Industry and in March 1996 he was appointed Minister of Finance
  

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