The estimates follow the conventions and guidelines of the latest System of National Accounts 1993 and the Balance of Payments Manual, prescribed by the United Nations Organisation and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), thus complying with the IMF’s requirements for the Special Data Dissemination Standard.
Unlike in the past when the focus was mainly on capital and operating results, the new regulatory strategy requires the Central Bank to take a far greater interest in the corporate governance of financial institutions. Understanding how institutions are managed is now the key.