Spain: The Reform of Spanish Savings Banks Technical Notes
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 11, 2012
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- Published: June 11, 2012
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504286.002
Overview
- Technical note assesses the reform of Spanish savings banks (SSBs).
- Provides a brief overview of the SSB institutional framework before the reform.
- Describes the main factors that led to the financial distress, albeit uneven, of the SSB sector.
- Outlines major regulatory and institutional reforms of SSBs.
- Evaluates the main achievements of the reforms to date, and considers improvements to the current framework and potential developments in the SSB institutional framework.
- Publication date: June 11, 2012.
Institutional framework before the reform
- Provides a brief overview of the SSB institutional framework prior to reform.
- Focus on governance structure and the SSBs governance structure terminology used in the note.
Factors behind financial distress
- Identifies the main factors that led to the financial distress of the SSB sector.
- Emphasizes that distress was "albeit uneven" across the sector.
- Examines links to credit, commercial banks interactions, and sector-specific vulnerabilities.
Major regulatory and institutional reforms
- Outlines major regulatory and institutional reforms implemented for SSBs.
- Covers reforms aimed at establishing a sound governance regime and changes to governing bodies.
- Discusses transfer mechanisms and structural changes referenced as SSBs transfer.
Evaluation of reform achievements
- Evaluates the main achievements of the reforms to date.
- Assesses impacts on financial sector stability and the broader financial institutions landscape.
- Considers effects on equity capital, credit conditions, and the role of commercial banks.
Improvements and potential developments
- Considers improvements to the current framework and potential developments in the SSB institutional framework.
- Highlights areas for further legal support in revenue administration and corporate governance enhancements.
Subject coverage and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Banking, Commercial banks, Corporate governance, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Legal support in revenue administration, Money, Revenue administration.
- Keywords include: action vis-à-vis SSBs, Commercial banks, Corporate governance, CR, Credit, equity capital, Financial sector stability, governing bodies, ISCR, Legal support in revenue administration, sound governance regime, SSBs governance structure, SSBs transfer.
International Monetary Fund. "Spain: The Reform of Spanish Savings Banks Technical Notes", IMF Staff Country Reports 2012, 141 (2012), accessed 9/22/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475504286.002
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- Spain: The Reform of Spanish Savings Banks Technical Notes; IMF Country Report 12/141; May 2012