Global financial regulators are currently reflecting on the nature of the insurance business. Specifically, they are trying to classify insurance into "traditional" and "non-traditional" activities, and to distinguish them from "non-insurance" activities. Subsequently, they will seek to apply...

Ensuring the involvement of private sector creditors in the resolution of sovereign debt crises is crucial to ensure an effective management and orderly resolution of those crises. A review of experience gained in past financial crises suggests that crisis management practices have been largely...

Ensuring the involvement of private sector creditors in the resolution of sovereign debt crises is crucial to ensure an effective management and orderly resolution of those crises. A review of experience gained in past financial crises suggests that crisis management practices have been largely...