Working together : improving regulatory cooperation and information exchange / International Monetary Fund ; contributors Muhammad Baasiri, Y.K. Choi, Rochelle A. Deleveaux, Chris Gaskell, Giuseppe Godano, Eva Hüpkes, Stefan Ingves, R. Barry Johnston, Shoba Kammula, Cheryl-Ann Lister, William C. Murden, Oana M. Nedelescu, Peter Neville, Alvaro Pinilla Rodriguez, Richard Pratt, Henry N. Schiffman, Dunja Suessli, Ethiopis Tafara, Jean-Francois Thony, Erna Va´ais, Jacqueline Wilson y Mary G. Zephirin.

In July 2004, the IMF organized the Conference on Cross-Border Cooperation and Information Exchange bringing together representatives of the standard setters.

Foreword, ix -- Contributors, xi -- Preface, xiii -- Introduction: key issues in removing the barriers to cooperation / Richard Pratt, xvii -- Part I. Papers from cross- border cooperation and information exchange conference, IMF, July 2004, 5 -- Mutual legal assistance and financial intelligence units, 5 -- 1. Use of information exchange in criminal matters to combating money laundering and financing of terrorism / Jean-Francois Thony 5 -- 2. International cooperation standards and practices in combating money laundering and countering terrorist financing / William C. Murden, 15 -- 3. Egmont standards and practices for defense against money laundering and countering of financing of terrorism / Shoba Kammula, 22 -- 4. International cooperation to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism: legal position and practice in the principality of Liechtenstein / Dunja Suessli, 26 -- 5. Cooperation standards and practices in defense against money laundering and in countering terrorist financing / Muhammad Baasiri, 30 -- 6. Cooperation and exchange of information on supervision of institutions in relation to prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing / Álvaro Pinilla Rodriguez, 40 -- Insurance and Banking Supervision, 53 -- 7. Cooperation in the insurance sector / Peter Neville, 53 -- 8. Cooperation in the banking sector / Y. K. Choi, 59 -- 9. Supervising international banks: swiss regulatory practice / Eva Hupkes, 64 -- 10. Cooperation between banking supervisors: the perspective of the Bahamas / Rochelle A. Deleveaux, 74 -- 11. Negotiating cooperation agreements: the experience of the Australian prudential regulation authority (APRA) / Chris Gaskell, 84 -- 12. Negotiating cooperation agreements: the experience of the bank of Italy / Giuseppe Godano, 94 -- Securities Regulation, 101 -- 13. Cooperation in the securities sector / Ethiopis Tafara, 101 -- 14. International cooperation in the securities sector: the legal position and practice in Bermuda / Cheryl-Ann Lister, 107 -- IOFC Unified Regulation, 117 -- 15. International cooperation: the legal position and practice in the British Virgin Islands / Jacqueline Wilson, 117 -- 16. Regulatory cooperation standards and practices in the Samoa offshore financial center / Erna Va'ai, 124 -- Part II. International standards and practices, 133 -- 17. Cross-border cooperation and information exchange: overcoming the barriers to regulatory cooperation / Richard Pratt and Henry N. Schiffman, 133 -- 18. Results of a survey on cross-border cooperation and information exchange among financial sector agencies, 2004 / Oana M. Nedelescu and Mary G. Zephirin, 220 -- Appendix / Aide-Mérnoire of the Conference, 279 -- References, 281 -- Box, 242.