Audit Committees In Central Banks

Author : Marie-Thérèse Camilleri Gilson
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audit Committees in Central Banks written by Marie-Thérèse Camilleri Gilson and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews the tasks and design of audit committees, increasingly recommended as a way to strengthen financial accountability and good central bank governance. It outlines the motivations for the establishment of audit committees in commercial corporations and public sector entities, and explains how audit committees interact with other governance bodies within a central bank. The paper focuses on the functions of an audit committee, since the terminology of the governance structure is often country-specific. It summarizes operational issues to consider in designing an effective audit committee and discusses the implications for central bank legislation.

Author : Elie Chamoun
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484360788
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effectiveness of Internal Audit and Oversight at Central Banks: Safeguards Findings - Trends and Observations written by Elie Chamoun and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience under the safeguards policy has shown that central banks continued to strengthen their safeguards frameworks, but that vulnerabilities prevailed in the areas of internal audit and oversight by the audit committee (AC). This paper takes steps to help unravel why this was the case, based on analysis of safeguards findings in these areas during the period April 2010 to December 2017 (covering 111 assessments at 64 central banks). Based on this analysis, it presents the key attributes that determine the effectiveness of internal audit and the AC. It also argues that, an effective internal audit function, coupled with strong oversight by a high-performing AC are key enablers of good governance.

Author : Mr.Atilla Arda
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484375505
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book External Audit Arrangements at Central Banks written by Mr.Atilla Arda and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper takes stock of external audit arrangements at central banks. Its focus is on the annual audit of central bank financial statements, as well as legal and institutional measures that support audit quality and independence. The paper outlines good practices in these areas and provides a summary of actual practices observed based on a review of audited financial statements and central bank legislation. While the audit frameworks for central banks differ depending on their legal and institutional circumstances, central banks’ external audits increasingly follow international standards. Most of them are audited by auditors with international affiliations and embrace modern governance structures that provide for audit oversight. However, the paper also notes that a sizeable number of central banks do not publish the audit results in a timely manner, which leaves room for improvement in transparency practices.

Author : Marie-Thérèse Camilleri Gilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audit Committees in Central Banks written by Marie-Thérèse Camilleri Gilson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper reviews the tasks and design of audit committees, increasingly recommended as a way to strengthen financial accountability and good central bank governance. It outlines the motivations for the establishment of audit committees in commercial corporations and public sector entities, and explains how audit committees interact with other governance bodies within a central bank. The paper focuses on the functions of an audit committee, since the terminology of the governance structure is often country-specific. It summarizes operational issues to consider in designing an effective audit committee and discusses the implications for central bank legislation.

Author : Tonny Lybek
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Central Bank Governance written by Tonny Lybek and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper identifies issues to consider when designing the structure, size, and composition of the governing boards and management of a central bank. While central bank autonomy and accountability are generally accepted as good practice, there is less consensus regarding the structure, size, and composition of the governing bodies. This paper surveys 101 central bank laws covering 113 countries and classifies the governance structure according to degree of autonomy, functions performed, size, composition, appointment procedures, and terms of the members. The paper concludes that an appropriate balance must be struck between the functions of the governing entities, simplicity, and country specific factors. The functions of the various bodies follow logically if a greater appreciation exists for the type of autonomy delegated to the central bank.

Author : Wouter Bossu
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1513524054
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Role of Board Oversight in Central Bank Governance: Key Legal Design Issues written by Wouter Bossu and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses key legal issues in the design of Board Oversight in central banks. Central banks are complex and sophisticated organizations that are challenging to manage. While most economic literature focuses on decision-making in the context of monetary policy formulation, this paper focuses on the Board oversight of central banks—a central feature of sound governance. This form of oversight is the decision-making responsibility through which an internal body of the central bank—the Oversight Board—ensures that the central bank is well-managed. First, the paper will contextualize the role of Board oversight into the broader legal structure for central bank governance by considering this form of oversight as one of the core decision-making responsibilities of central banks. Secondly, the paper will focus on a number of important legal design issues for Board Oversight, by contrasting the current practices of the IMF membership’s 174 central banks with staff’s advisory practice developed over the past 50 years.

Author : Ashraf Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1498388329
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Central Bank Governance and the Role of Nonfinancial Risk Management written by Ashraf Khan and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper argues that nonfinancial risk management is an essential element of good governance of central banks. It provides a funnelled analysis, on the basis of selected literature, by (i) presenting an outline of central bank governance in general; (ii) zooming in on internal governance and organization issues of central banks; (iii) highlighting the main issues with nonfinancial risk management; and (iv) ending with recommendations for future work. It shows how attention for nonfinancial risk management has been growing, and how this has amplified the call for better governance of central banks. It stresses that in the area of nonfinancial risk management there are no crucial differences between commercial and central banks: both have people, processes, procedures, and structures. It highlights policy areas to be explored.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audit of the Federal Reserve written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing. Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9789291317912
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Issues in the Governance of Central Banks written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report by the Central Bank Governance Group presents information intended to help decision-makers set up governance arrangements that are most suitable for their own circumstances. The report draws on a large body of information on the design and operation of central banks that the BIS has brought together since it initiated work on central bank governance in the early 1990s. The need to deal with chronic inflation in the 1970s and 1980s prompted the identification of price stability as a formal central bank objective and led to a significant reworking of governance arrangements. The current global financial crisis could have equally important implications for central banks, particularly with respect to their role in fostering financial stability. Although it is too early to know how central banking will change as a result, the report takes an important first step in identifying governance questions that the crisis poses.

Author : Roger Dean Lagunoff
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451859686
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Versus Domestic Auditing of Bank Solvency written by Roger Dean Lagunoff and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-09-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines alternative ways to prevent losses from bank insolvencies. It is widely viewed that transparency in reporting bank balance sheets is a key element in reducing such losses. It is, however, unclear just how such transparency would be achieved. Current approaches to avoiding insolvencies generally involve international enforcement mechanisms. Among these are the sovereign debt restructuring mechanism (SDRM), and, more generally, an international bankruptcy court. We develop a model that compares two alternative institutions for bank auditing. Neither of these institutions would require as much enforcement capability as an international bankruptcy court, hence they would be easier to introduce. The first of these is a system of central bank auditing of national banks. The second type of auditing is carried out by an international agency that collects risk information on banks in all countries and then provides it to depositors. Using a game-theoretic approach, we compare the informativeness of the disclosure rule in the symmetric Perfect Bayesian equilibrium in each of the two different auditing institutions. We show that the international auditor generally performs at least as well, and sometimes better than, auditing by either central banks, which, in turn, perform better than voluntary disclosure by the banks themselves. The results do not assume any informational advantages of the international auditor, nor is the international auditor somehow less "corrupt" than the central banks. Rather, the international auditor's credibility comes from the simple fact that its incentives are not distorted by a sovereignty bias that plagues the central banks.