Regional Financial Sector Forum

The Regional Financial Sector Forum is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank aimed at strengthening financial sector stability and development in the region. Its main objective is to develop a regional focus on the key issues for supporting sustainable financial sector development in order to complement on-going efforts in different countries and the international community.

The participants of this Forum include senior officials, with responsibilities in the design and implementation of financial policies in the region.


5th Meeting - Challenges and Opportunities for the Development of the Insurance Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean New
November 7-8, 2005 - IDB Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center, 1330 New York Avenue NW, Washington D.C.

This Forum was a joint effort of the Sustainable Development Department of the Inter-American Development Bank, the Association of Latin American Supervisors (ASSAL) and the Inter-American Federation of Insurance Companies (FIDES).

The objective of this seminar was to discuss the main problems concerning the LAC insurance markets. Industry, regulators and experts presented their own technical perspectives and past country experiences on the issues faced by their markets. These discussions leaded to conclusions that would help show where development is needed.

The first day concentrated on a general framework, results obtained by SDS/IFM on the current status of the LAC Insurance Markets, and its challenges. The second day focused on the conclusions made by each group about the critical issues that surround the LAC insurance markets, and ended with new initiatives concerning the sector.

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4th Meeting - Developing Financial Markets: The Challenges for the Decade
June 13, 2005 - IDB Conference Center, Washington D.C.

The Regional Financial Sector Forum brought together a small and select number of renowned public and private sector financial experts from the member countries to discuss the implications arising from changes in the region's financial sector in the last decade, the barriers and major challenges for financial markets growth.

The one-day brainstorming discussion centered around what the Panel of Experts considered to be the challenges and major impediments to the growth of the financial systems in the region and what should be the Inter-American Development Bank's (the Bank) agenda in helping to overcome them. The outcome of this brainstorming provided an important input into the Bank's Financial Markets Strategy. This Strategy will be a pivotal document in establishing priorities and serving as guidance to the Bank and its borrowing member countries.

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3rd Meeting - Pension Reform Forum: Transition Issues and Deepening Reforms
December 6, 2004 - IDB Headquarters, Washington D.C.

Last December 2003, the Inter-American Development Bank's pension workshop for policy makers and practitioners considered the reforms and lessons learned from four countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico. This Pension Reform Forum was issues-oriented, focussing on particular aspects of the transition and how they have been successfully redressed based on the four country experiences and drawing upon the expertise of the public and privates sectors, as well as the academic community. The presentations and discussion centered on deepening systems to protect old age pensions and security, dealing with the growth in informality and decline in contributions, generating political consensus, the investment dimension of reforms, expanding coverage and risk-based supervision.

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2nd Meeting - Corporate Governance

The second meeting took place on November 14, 2003 at the IDB Headquarters in Washington DC (1300 New York Avenue, NW, Washington DC). On May 2003, the Superintendence of Values of Chile, the OECD, the IFC and the IDB sponsored the Fourth Round Table on Corporate Governance that took place in Santiago, Chile. During that meeting the elaboration of the White Paper on Corporate Governance in Latin America was completed. The objective of this meeting was to discuss the implementation of the White Paper in the Region.

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1st Meeting - Institutional Structure of Financial Regulation and Supervision

The first meeting of the Forum was held on September 13, 2002, at the Inter-American Development Bank headquarters. The meeting focused on the institutional structure for regulation and financial supervision.

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For additional information, please contact us at sds/ifm@iadb.org

Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division
Private Enterprise and Financial Markets Subdepartment
Sustainable Development Department
Inter-American Development Bank

Last updated: 01/16/07