CAPACITY BUILDING SEMINAR ON FINANCIAL SECTOR STABILITY

Jointly organized by the State Bank of Vietnam, the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP), and the IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM)
Da Nang, VIETNAM

October 29-30, 2015


This capacity building seminar covers topical financial sector stability issues, including: implementation challenges for developing Asian countries arising from the international financial regulatory agenda; the institutional setup of regulatory agencies; and supervisory challenges posed by the non-bank and shadow banking sectors. The seminar also takes stock of country experiences in this regard.

October 28, 2015

7:00–9:00 pm

Welcome Reception

October 29, 2015

9:00-9:15 am

Conference Registration

9:15-9:30 am

Welcome Remarks

Vo Minh, Director General, Da Nang Branch, State Bank of Vietnam

Odd Per Brekk , Director, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund

9:30-10:45 am

Assessing Financial Sector Soundness: Financial Sector Indicators and Stress Testing

Gaston Gelos , Division Chief, Global Financial Stability Analysis Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Presentation

10:45-11:00 am

Photo Session

11:00-11:15 am

Coffee Break

11:15 am-12:45 pm

The International Financial Regulatory Reform Agenda: Implementation Issues and Implications for Asian Countries

Katharine Seal , Senior Financial Sector Expert, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Presentation

12:45-2:00 pm

Lunch

2:00-3:30 pm

Institutional Models for Financial Regulation: International Best Practices and Pros and Cons of Various Approaches

Katharine Seal , Senior Financial Sector Expert, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Presentation

3:30-4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00-5:30 pm

Non-Bank and Shadow Banking Sectors: Worldwide Developments and Supervisory Challenges

Gaston Gelos , Division Chief, Global Financial Stability Analysis Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Presentation

6:00-8:00 pm

Dinner

October 30, 2015

8:45-9:00 am

Morning Coffee

9:00-10:15 am

Participant Presentations on Financial Sector Stability in Respective Countries

Chair: Giovanni Ganelli, Deputy Head of Office, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Cambodia

Lao PDR

Mongolia

10:15-10:30 am

Coffee Break

10:30-11:15 am

Participant Presentations on Financial Sector Stability in Respective Countries (continued)

Myanmar

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Vietnam

11:30 am-1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30-2:45 pm

The Vietnamese Experience

Do Viet Hung, Director General, Department of financial Stability, State Bank of Vietnam

2:45-3:00 pm

Comments by Jonathan Dunn , Division Chief, Global Financial Stability Analysis Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

3:00-3:15 pm

Coffee Break

3:15-4:30 pm

Roundtable Discussion on Financial Sector Stability

Moderated by Gaston Gelos, Division Chief, Global Financial Stability Analysis Division, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

4:30-5:00 pm

Closing Remarks and Presentation of Certificates

Ha Hai An, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, State Bank of Vietnam

Giovanni Ganelli, Deputy Head of Office, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, International Monetary Fund

5:00-8:00 pm

Dinner hosted by the State Bank of Vietnam