Given the bank-centric nature of the financial sector, banks’ financial soundness and ability to perform their main, financial intermediation function is key to maintaining financial stability. Banks operating in Serbia rely predominantly on domestic, stable sources of funding, which reduces their exposure to risks from the international environment. The banking sector remained adequately capitalised, highly liquid and profitable in 2017.
Yaseen Anwar: Managing Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs) Speech by Mr Yaseen Anwar, Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, at the second meeting of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group for Asia, Kuala Lumpur, 14 May 2012. *  *  *  Ladies and gentlemen, Good evening.