The Joint Forum: Initiatives by the BCBS, IAIS and IOSCO to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism

Abstract

Discusses the functions and responsibilities of the Joint Forum, a group of technical experts set up in 1996 whose job is to examine issues governing financial institutions. Vulnerability of financial conglomerates; International supervisory bodies which are members of the forum; Role of the forum in the campaign to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism.