IMF Staff Country Reports

Bermuda: Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector—Volume I—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision

March 15, 2005

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Summary

This paper assesses the financial sector regulation and supervision in Bermuda in the context of the offshore financial center assessment program. The assessment reveals that the financial, regulatory, and supervisory framework is well developed in banking, the key areas of securities regulation, and antimoney laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). Banking supervision is largely in conformity with the Basel Core Principles. The regulation of investment intermediaries and collective investment schemes, the main activities of the Bermudian securities industry, is working effectively. However, some deficiencies were noted in the assessment of insurance.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Banking, Crime, Financial institutions, Insurance, Insurance companies, Legal support in revenue administration, Money laundering, Revenue administration

Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Auditing firm, BMA bank supervision policy, Corporate governance, CR, Customer identification procedure, Deposit company license, Due diligence, Global, Handling client asset, Handling client assets, Insider trading, Insurance, Insurance companies, Insurance supervisor, Investment funds, ISCR, Legal support in revenue administration, Money laundering, Mutual fund, North America, Northern Europe, Parent company, Reinsurance company

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    56

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2005/098

  • Stock No:

    1BMUEA2005001

  • ISBN:

    9781451805598

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685