Financial market report 2/2009
(07.07.2009)
Numero
2/2009Julkaisija
Bank of Finland
2009
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:bof-201408075136Tiivistelmä
1 Financial intermediation 3
1.1 Financial assets decreased in 2008 as a result of the declining values of shares and funds 3
2 Banks 5
2.1 Worsening operating environment weakens international banks results 5
2.2 Impairment losses eroded Nordic banks results 8
2.3 Net interest income from banking turned down in Finland 10
2.4 Stress testing of banks as part of financial supervision 12
3 Securities markets 14
3.1 Covered bonds 14
4 Infrastructure 16
4.1 Payments Forum sheds light on electronic payments in Finland 16
4.2 New rules of conduct for electronic identification 18
5 Key regulatory and supervisory initiatives 19
5.1 Reform of EU financial supervision 19
5.2 Restricted long-term saving at a turning point? 22
6 Key corporate arrangements and events in the financial sector 24
1.1 Financial assets decreased in 2008 as a result of the declining values of shares and funds 3
2 Banks 5
2.1 Worsening operating environment weakens international banks results 5
2.2 Impairment losses eroded Nordic banks results 8
2.3 Net interest income from banking turned down in Finland 10
2.4 Stress testing of banks as part of financial supervision 12
3 Securities markets 14
3.1 Covered bonds 14
4 Infrastructure 16
4.1 Payments Forum sheds light on electronic payments in Finland 16
4.2 New rules of conduct for electronic identification 18
5 Key regulatory and supervisory initiatives 19
5.1 Reform of EU financial supervision 19
5.2 Restricted long-term saving at a turning point? 22
6 Key corporate arrangements and events in the financial sector 24