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financial system and the systems of those of our partners were also better<br />

regulated.<br />

In September 2009, the G-20 met in Pittsburgh to discuss, among<br />

other things, the measures the member nations had taken to address the<br />

global crisis and the additional steps necessary to build a stronger international<br />

financial system. The international financial reform agenda that<br />

came from the Pittsburgh and subsequent G-20 meetings aimed to ensure<br />

a “race to the top” to raise the quality of regulation and thereby the safety<br />

of the international financial system as well as level the playing field across<br />

major and emerging financial centers. To this end, G-20 leaders called for<br />

the establishment of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to serve a key role in<br />

promoting the reform of international financial regulation and to promote<br />

financial stability and endorsed its original charter at the Pittsburg meeting.<br />

The Dodd-Frank Act is fully consistent with — and in a number of areas<br />

surpasses —the G-20 recommendations. Initiatives proposed in Pittsburgh<br />

and subsequent G-20 meetings include: 1. Strengthening bank capital and<br />

liquidity; 2. Reducing the risk posed by large systemically important financial<br />

institutions; 3. Making derivatives markets safer and more transparent;<br />

4. Establishing higher capital margins for non-centrally cleared derivatives;<br />

and 5. Identifying parties to financial transactions.<br />

Consistency of regulatory approach across jurisdictions is important<br />

because so much financial activity occurs between financial institutions<br />

located in different jurisdictions. To the extent that financial market activity<br />

can move to the jurisdiction with the weakest regulation and with the<br />

interconnected nature of the world economy, a financial crisis that begins in<br />

one country can quickly spread to others. A consistent regulatory approach<br />

across countries makes the financial system in every country safer.<br />

The FSB produces a semiannual report that tracks the progress of<br />

regulatory reform around the world.25 As seen in Figure 6-22, within the<br />

24 FSB member jurisdictions, progress in implementing banking regulation<br />

reform has been widespread with considerable progress having been made<br />

in the reform of OTC derivative markets. Other initiatives have not yet been<br />

implemented beyond a few jurisdictions though progress continues.<br />

25 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is an international body that monitors and makes<br />

recommendations about the global financial system. It was established after the 2009 G-20<br />

London summit in April 2009. The FSB includes representatives from 24 countries plus The<br />

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Bank for International Settlements, Organization<br />

for Economic Cooperation and Development, European Central Bank, European Commission,<br />

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, International Association of Insurance Supervisors,<br />

International Organization of Securities Commissions, International Accounting Standards<br />

Board, Committee on the Global Financial System, and Committee on Payments and Market<br />

Infrastructures.<br />

Strengthening the Financial System | 413

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