Financial Sector Assessment : Kuwait

A joint International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank financial sector assessment team visited Kuwait in early September 2003, at the request of the government of Kuwait and the central bank. This financial sector assessment report is based on analy...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTIVE MARKET ADVANCED ECONOMIES ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSET QUALITY AUCTIONS BAILOUTS BALANCE SHEET BANK CREDIT BANK DEPOSITS BANK LOAN BANK MARKET BANK SUPERVISORS BANKING MARKET BANKING REGULATION BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKRUPTCY BANKRUPTCY LAW BEARER FORM BID BONDS BOOK-ENTRY BORROWER BROKERS BUDGET SURPLUS CAPITAL ADEQUACY CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKET ACTIVITIES CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS CDS CENTRAL BANK CHECKS COLLATERAL COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIAL CODE COMMERCIAL CREDIT CONSUMER LOANS CONVENTIONAL INVESTMENT CORE BUSINESS CORPORATE BOND CORPORATE BOND MARKET CORPORATE BONDS CORPORATE BORROWERS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CREDIT INFORMATION CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMS CREDIT LINES CREDIT PERFORMANCE CREDIT RISK CREDIT RISKS CREDITORS CURRENCY CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES DATED SECURITIES DEBIT CARDS DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEFAULTS DEPOSIT DEPOSIT INSURANCE DEPOSITORS DEPOSITS DOMESTIC ECONOMY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS EMERGING MARKETS EQUIPMENT EQUITIES EQUITY MARKETS EQUITY PRICES EXIT MECHANISM EXPOSURE EXPOSURES FINANCIAL COMPANIES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL RISKS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SYSTEM FINANCIAL SYSTEM STABILITY FORECLOSURE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOREIGN ASSETS FOREIGN BANK FOREIGN BANKS FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN NATIONAL FOREIGN NATIONALS FUND MANAGEMENT GOVERNMENT ASSETS GOVERNMENT BOND GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MARKET HOUSING FINANCE IMPLICIT GUARANTEE INCOME INFLATION INFORMATION SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSIDER DEALING INSIDER TRADING INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INSURANCE MARKET INSURANCE PENETRATION INSURERS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATE CAPS INTEREST RATES INTERNAL CONTROL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTMENT FUNDS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES ISLAMIC BANKS ISLAMIC INVESTMENT ISSUANCE JUDICIAL SYSTEM JURISDICTION LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL SYSTEM LENDER LENDER OF LAST RESORT LENDERS LIBERALIZATION LIENS LIFE INSURANCE LIFE INSURANCE PRODUCTS LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY POSITION LIQUIDITY RATIO LIQUIDITY RISKS LOCAL BANKS LONG-TERM RESOURCES MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET DISCIPLINE MARKET ENTRY MARKET FOR TREASURY SECURITIES MARKET INTERMEDIARIES MARKET MECHANISM MARKET RISK MARKET-MAKERS MATURITIES MATURITY SPECTRUM MATURITY STRUCTURE MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENT MONETARY POLICY MONEY LAUNDERING MORAL HAZARD MORTGAGE MORTGAGE BONDS MORTGAGE FINANCE MORTGAGE LOANS MORTGAGE MARKET MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES MORTGAGES OIL PRICES OPEN MARKET OPERATIONAL RISKS PAYMENT OF DEBTS PAYMENTS SYSTEM PENSION PENSIONS PORTFOLIOS PREMIUM REVENUE PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC OFFERING REAL ESTATE REGULATOR REGULATORS REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REINSURANCE REPAYMENT REPOS RESERVE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RESERVES RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE RETIREMENT AGE RISK MANAGEMENT RISK PROFILES SECURITIES SECURITIES MARKET SECURITIES MARKETS SECURITIES REGULATION SETTLEMENT SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS SHAREHOLDERS SHORT MATURITY SMALL BUSINESS STOCK EXCHANGE STOCK EXCHANGES STOCK MARKET STOCK MARKET CAPITALIZATION STOCK MARKETS STOCKS SUPERVISORY AGENCY SYSTEMIC RISK TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERRORISM TRADES TRADING TRADING ACTIVITIES TRADING SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY TREASURY TREASURY BILLS TURNOVER TURNOVER RATIOS UNDERWRITERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/17893062/kuwait-financial-sector-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15943