Myanmar: Technical Assistance Report-Banking Supervision and Regulation
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 8, 2020
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 8, 2020
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513546292.002
Mission objectives and scope
- At the request of the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM), the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department visited Yangon for a series of missions in 2018 and early 2019 on banking supervision.
- Objectives: support the CBM in the development of bank regulation and supervision and its introduction of a more risk-based approach to supervision.
- The Guide to Risk-Based Supervision sets out approaches to risk assessment and risk mitigation based on international practices.
Key risks identified in the Myanmar context
- Legal, regulatory and reputational risk
- Strategic risk and group and related parties’ risk
- Credit risk
- Market risk
- Operational risk
- Liquidity risk
Implementation status and timeline
- The CBM is implementing the new approach over the period until 2020.
- While perfecting a complete risk-based approach will take years, the CBM is committed to implementation and is already undertaking risk assessments using the new risk matrix tool as examinations come due.
Findings and tools
- The Guide to Risk-Based Supervision provides a risk matrix tool for risk assessment and mitigation grounded in international practices.
- The CBM has begun applying the risk matrix tool during examinations.
Subject areas and keywords (as stated)
- Subject: Bank risk management, Bank supervision, Banking, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Foreign banks, Labor, Revenue administration, Risk mitigation in revenue administration, Risk-based supervision
- Keywords: Bank risk management, Bank supervision, CAMEL rating guide, capital adequacy, CBM, CR, enforcement power, FISD, FISD review staff number, FISD staff, Foreign banks, ISCR, offsite supervision, onsite supervision unit, parent bank development, risk assessment, risk management, Risk mitigation in revenue administration, Risk-based supervision, supervision, supervision framework, supervision guide, supervision process
Publication and document specifics
- Pages: 22
- Volume: 2020
- Issue: 184
- Series: Country Report No. 2020/184
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513546292.002
- Stock No: 1MMREA2020004
- ISBN: 9781513546292
- ISSN: 1934-7685
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "Myanmar: Technical Assistance Report-Banking Supervision and Regulation", IMF Staff Country Reports 2020, 184 (2020), accessed 9/11/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513546292.002
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