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South Africa: Financial Sector Assessment Program. Axel Schimmelpfennig Senior Resident Representative in South Africa International Monetary Fund. Overview. 1. the health of a country’s financial sector has far-reaching implications for its economy as well as for other economies.
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South Africa:Financial SectorAssessment Program Axel Schimmelpfennig Senior Resident Representative in South AfricaInternational Monetary Fund
Overview 1 the health of a country’s financial sectorhas far-reaching implicationsfor its economyas well as for other economies
A selection of recent assessments United States (2015) India (2013) Peru (2015) Turkey (2012) Brazil (2012) Switzerland (2014) Hong Kong (2014) UnitedKingdom (2011) Korea (2014) China (2011) Canada (2014) Singapore (2013) Germany (2011)
Financial sector Legal framework Banks Insurance Regulatory framework Supervision Investment schemes Domestic economic environment External economic environment
Objectives of the assessment Assess: stabilityof financial sector Assess: developmental aspect of financial sector
Some findings 2 South Africa’s financial sector is large, sophisticated,highly concentrated, and interconnected relatively high capital buffersas well as sound regulation and supervision elevatedbut manageablefinancial sector risks
Recommendations 3 heightened scrutiny of asset quality and liquidity risks strong regulation and supervisionare essential to ensurefinancial sector resilience
Published documents www.imf.org/SouthAfrica