In this podcast, Shelina Visram, Toronto Centre Program Director, speaks with John Pattison, Toronto Centre Program Leader. The discussion highlights some of the supervisory challenges during and after a very peculiar crisis like COVID-19, and what financial supervisors and regulators should focus on as they operate in this new normal.

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Gain insights on how financial supervisors and regulators can help to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the financial system and preserve the gains that have been made in financial inclusion.

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En este Podcast, Juan Pedro Cantera, Superintendente de Servicios Financieros de Uruguay, presenta las respuestas de política que han tomado las autoridades uruguayas y del sur del continente para enfrentar la situación creada por la Pandemia del COVID-19, los retos de regulación y supervisión que se avizoran, y los efectos que los avances en regulación y supervisión han tenido sobre el manejo de la crisis.

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En este podcast, Gerardo Hernández, Co-Director del Banco de la República (Colombia), presenta las respuestas de política que han tomado las autoridades colombianas para enfrentar la situación creada por la Pandemia del COVID-19 y sus limitaciones en una economía emergente, cómo el banco central ha logrado la continuidad del negocio, los mecanismos de la coordinación interinstitucional, y los efectos que los avances en regulación y supervisión han tenido sobre el manejo de la crisis.

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Gain insights on how financial supervisors and regulators can help to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the financial system and preserve the gains that have been made in financial inclusion.

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Max McConnell, Psychotherapist and Registered Social Worker, offers some strategies for financial supervisors to deal with the stress and widespread disruption to their professional and personal lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also explore the dynamic of public expectations on public institutions and financial supervisors, and the importance of communications. We conclude with some tips on how managers can best support their staff to carry on with their jobs when working from home.

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Using Stablecoins to Facilitate Financial Stability and Inclusion in Unprecedented Times.

Join us as we deliver our virtual executive panel alongside the 2020 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings.

Panelists

• Ceyla Pazarbasioglu – Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions, the World Bank Group
• Tobias Adrian – Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF
• Dietrich Domanski – Secretary General, Financial Stability Board (FSB)
• Ross Leckow – Senior Adviser Fintech – Strategy and Legal, the BIS Innovation Hub

Moderator

• Aditya Narain – Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF; Board Member Toronto Centre

Our speaker bios: https://www.torontocentre.org/Files/NewsResources/4-14-2020/TC%20Executive%20Panel%20-%20Speaker%20Bios.pdf

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In this podcast, Dr. Hoe Ee Khor, Chief Economist of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) discusses the key findings from its flagship report, the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook 2020 on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Asia’s economic outlook and financial stability.  Dr. Khor shared how this pandemic crisis differs from other crises that Asia had weathered in the past, and how policymakers in Asia could best respond to the challenges of the pandemic.

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This is the fourth part of a Toronto Centre Webcast Series to help financial Supervisors and Regulators gain insights and perspectives on COVID-19 and its impact on the global financial system from supervisory experts.

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El impacto del COVID 19 está afectando directamente al sector real de la economía mundial. Su impacto varía considerablemente según la región y el país; lo mismo se puede decir de las respuestas de política que las autoridades económicas están implementando en los diferentes países.

Esta situación ha puesto a prueba la resiliencia de todos los participantes del sistema financiero – incluyendo a los supervisores y a los bancos centrales. ¿Cómo han respondido las instituciones financieras en este escenario? ¿Cómo han adaptado sus planes de contingencia para adaptarse de la mejor manera a una situación nunca experimentada? ¿Cómo se ha adaptado el supervisor para cumplir con su mandato?

En este episodio, Juan P. Arango, Director de Programa del Toronto Centre, habla con Tomas Soley, Superintendente General de Seguros de Costa Rica, sobre los retos y las enseñanzas que nos va dejando esta crisis a los supervisores, la supervisión de los riesgos que adquieren mayor relevancia en este escenario y las implicaciones de largo plazo para la supervisión, entre otros temas.

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