The Report provides background on a variety of special purpose entities (SPE's) found across the financial sectors, the motivation of market participants to use these structures and risk management issues that arise. The recommendations of the Report are addressed to both the market participants and to supervisory community. Your Bank should access this paper on the website of the Bank for International Settlements (http://www.bis.org), IOSCO (http://www.iosco.org) and the I AIS (http://www.iaisweb.org). |
The purpose of SAMA in forwarding this Report to your Bank is to ensure that the relevant managers in your institution and your subsidiaries are fully apprised of these recommendations and are able to adopt these in appropriate policies and procedures in your institution. The Agency will also be taking into consideration the recommendation of this Report in its on-going work on the regulation of subsidiaries and Special Purpose Vehicles. |
If you need any further information, you may contact Mr. Fahd Al-Mufarrij at telephone number (01)466-2305 or Mr. Tariq Javed at (01)466-2532. |