Toronto Centre Podcasts

Apr 25 2024
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Providing high quality capacity building programs for financial supervisors and regulators to build more stable and inclusive financial systems. Toronto Centre is an independent not-for-profit organization that promotes financial stability and access to financial services globally, particularly in emerging markets and developing countries. www.torontocentre.org What financial supervisors and regulators do every day has a ripple effect that cascades across government, NGOs, and the private sector impacting developing economies and those living in them. Toronto Centre’s podcast series will feature simulating panel sessions and interviews on timely topics such as, financial crisis, financial stability, climate change, gender equality, financial inclusion, fintech and much more.

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Ep. 146: Executive Panel Session: Combatting Financial Crime in a Digital Age

Apr 25 2024 58 mins  
Financial crime is a significant threat to the safety and security of citizens and to the integrity of individual countries and the global financial system. While the proliferation of digital technologies presents many opportunities for financial systems, it also has introduced a new age of financial crime. For instance, crypto assets are a currency of choice among criminals.The pa

Ep. 145: Supervisory Intervention by Retail Conduct Supervisors

Apr 24 2024 25 mins  
The nature of retail conduct supervision, which can often be more prescriptive and rules based, can result in different approaches to intervention.This TC Note and accompanying podcast discusses how supervisors should take a more proactive risk-based approach to dealing with potential areas of misconduct and apply the key principles of risk-based supervision to facilitate an earlie

Ep. 144: Supervision of Stress Testing by Financial Institutions

Mar 14 2024 23 mins  
Stress testing should be a critical element of risk management for most financial institutions. It should alert boards and senior management to potential adverse outcomes related to a broad range of risks and vulnerabilities, identify potential losses, liquidity needs, and operational responses should adverse shocks occur. Supervisors should, in turn, have a strong interest in stre

Ep. 143: Supervisory Stress Testing: A Primer

Mar 06 2024 17 mins  
Supervisory stress testing is a technique used to assess the robustness of financial institutions and the broader financial system to severe but plausible shocks. Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, it has emerged as an important tool for supervisors that complements other approaches and methods.Stress testing is one of the more complex tasks undertaken by supervisory author

Ep. 142: The Risk-Based Supervision of Liquidity

Feb 26 2024 11 mins  
Liquidity is fundamental to the operation of financial institutions. Problems can quickly arise and escalate, threatening the stability of the financial system.This TC Note and accompanying podcast focuses on good practices in liquidity management by financial institutions in the banking, insurance, pensions, and securities sectors. It provides guidance on how supervisors should as

Ep. 141 - A Call to Action: Addressing Natural Catastrophe Protection Gaps

Feb 16 2024 33 mins  
The world's most economically vulnerable populations are frequently impacted by natural catastrophes (NatCats).The International Association of Insurance Supervisors' (IAIS) recent report, A call to action: the role of insurance supervisors in addressing natural catastrophe protection gaps (https://www.iaisweb.org/uploads/2023/11/IAIS-Report-A-call-to-action-the-role-of-insurance-s

Ep. 140 - Agricultural and Financial Systems’ Adaptation to Climate Change

Feb 16 2024 64 mins  
Experts from the development and financial supervision sectors discussed some of the challenges and solutions for farmers from emerging markets and developing economies in accessing finance to adapt to climate change.Key takeaways from this insightful conversation include the need to:* Build a common vision and establish a dialogue between supervisors and the market* Increase acces

Ep. 139 - The New ISSB Standards: Considerations for Financial Supervisors

Jan 31 2024 20 mins  
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has developed new standards for sustainability reporting and climate-related disclosure.This new TC Note and accompanying podcast discuss the benefits, challenges, and actions needed for the standards to reach the goals they were set out to meet. They outline how the standards can help achieve the following key supervisory goa

Ep. 138 - Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion: Tools for Supervisors

Jan 22 2024 25 mins  
In 2023, the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) released a technical guide on Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion: Tools for Supervisors (https://www.cgap.org/research/publication/digital-financial-services-for-financial-inclusion-tools-for-supervisors).This podcast highlights key takeaways from the guide, including:* How to improve supervisory data* An app

Ep. 137 - Supporting Net-Zero Transition Planning

Dec 08 2023 74 mins  
To achieve net-zero, every economic sector will need to decarbonize, and financial institutions need to fund activities supporting this transition. Financial institutions and their customers will need to develop credible transition plans.The panel discussed:* the common elements for transition plans;* the need for financial regulators to set supervisory expectations for transiti