The Bank of Canada Releases the December Issue of the Financial System Review

OTTAWA, Dec. 6 /CNW/ - The December issue of the Financial System Review will be released on Thursday, 9 December 2010 at 10:30 (ET).

This issue features the following articles:

• The Countercyclical Bank Capital Buffer: Insights for Canada
• Strengthening the Infrastructure of Over-the-Counter Derivatives Markets
• Central Counterparties and Systemic Risk
• Contingent Capital and Bail-In Debt: Tools for Bank Resolution

Lock-up:				At 09:00 (Eastern Time), copies of the Financial System Review will be made available to journalists, under embargo at the Bank's head office in Ottawa. The embargo will be lifted at 10:30 (Eastern Time). (Please use the East Tower entrance at 245 Sparks Street and have your press card with you.) For security reasons, those wishing to attend the lock-up must confirm by calling Stephanie Bento at 613 782-7183 before noon on Wednesday, 8 December.
Distribution:				The Financial System Review will be available at 10:30 (Eastern Time) on the Bank's website. (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/fsr/index.html)
Note:				There will be no briefing session.

For further information:

For more information, please contact Jeremy Harrison
at 613 782-8782 or[email protected].