Top management of the NBS discussed with the supervised entities

On 29 October 2008, Ivan Sramko, the Governor of Narodna banka Slovenska and other members of the Bank Board of the NBS met with the representatives of the banks and securities dealers in the Slovak Republic. The top management of the central Bank informed these partners about the current macroeconomic development and about the Analysis of the Slovak Financial Sector for the First Half of 2008, and preparations which are related to the euro changeover. Participants in the meeeting also discussed the current issues related to regulation of liquidity risk management in the banks and own funds´ requirements for banks and securities dealers´ financing. Similar meetings will take place at the beginning of November also with both, the top management of other supervised subjects of the capital market and pension savings, and the representatives of insurance companies. The NBS arranges the meetings with all supervised subjects of the financial market regularly twice a year with the aim of presenting their leaders with the latest information, to offer a forum for exchanging views about the issues related to their activities, and to improve the communication of the central Bank with the interested subjects.

Jana Kovacova
Spokesperson of the NBS

National Bank of Slovakia
Communications Section
Imricha Karvasa 1, 813 25 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: +421-2-5787 2161,+421-2-5865 2161, +421-2-5787 2166, 421-2-5865 2166
Internet: http://www.nbs.sk

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