Banking & Financial Regulation and Supervision Award

Evaluation

100% automatic, from the data and evidence you submit

Minimum score to win

70 / 100

Measurement period

The full financial year 2025 (or the latest financial year completed before nominations open); growth is measured against financial year 2024

Who can apply

• A banking or financial supervisor established by law (central bank, capital market or insurance authority) or one of its supervision departments
• Supervises at least three licensed institutions
• The nominated framework is in force and applied during the measurement period

Indicators and weights

1. Compliance with the core supervisory principles

   Share of principles rated Compliant or Largely Compliant in the latest independent assessment against the Basel Core Principles (or IOSCO or IAIS principles for market and insurance supervisors), no older than eight years; if no independent assessment exists within that period, enter zero

   25%
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   Points

   • 90 – < 100 % 100
   • 75 – < 90 % 80
   • 60 – < 75 % 50
   • 0 – < 60 % 20

   Evidence

   Detailed assessment report from the IMF, World Bank or a recognised independent assessor

2. International prudential standards in force

   Number of eight standards in force, by type of supervisor. Banking: Basel III capital, Liquidity Coverage Ratio, Net Stable Funding Ratio, leverage ratio, large exposures, interest rate risk in the banking book, domestic systemically important bank framework, IFRS 9 expected credit loss guidance. Insurance: risk-based solvency regime, IFRS 17 in force, own risk and solvency assessment (ORSA), mandatory appointed actuary, insurer governance rules, conduct and fair treatment of customers rules, IAIS Multilateral MoU signatory, group-wide supervision. Securities: risk-based capital rules for intermediaries, client asset segregation, market abuse rules with automated trade surveillance, listed company governance code, continuous disclosure regime, IOSCO-aligned investment fund rules, PFMI-aligned rules for CCPs and CSDs, IOSCO MMoU (Appendix A) signatory. Full marks only for all eight

   20%
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   • 7.5 – < 8 items 100
   • 6 – < 7.5 items 80
   • 4 – < 6 items 50
   • 0 – < 4 items 20

   Evidence

   Reference numbers and dates of the circulars or regulations in force for each standard

3. On-site supervision cycle completion

   Share of the full-scope or targeted on-site examinations scheduled for 2025 in the risk-based supervisory plan that were completed on time

   15%
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   • 95 – < 100 % 100
   • 80 – < 95 % 80
   • 60 – < 80 % 50
   • 0 – < 60 % 20

   Evidence

   Approved supervisory plan and internal completion report or annual supervision report

4. Rules issued after public consultation

   Share of new material rules and regulations issued in 2025 that followed a published public consultation with a feedback statement

   10%
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   • 80 – < 100 % 100
   • 50 – < 80 % 80
   • 25 – < 50 % 50
   • 0 – < 25 % 20

   Evidence

   Links to consultation papers, feedback statements and the list of rules issued

5. Licensing decision time

   Average days from receiving a complete licensing application to the final decision for 2025 applications; if fewer than three applications were decided in 2025, all applications decided in 2023–2025 are used

   10%
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   • ≥ 180 days 20
   • 120 – < 180 days 50
   • 60 – < 120 days 80
   • 0 – < 60 days 100

   Evidence

   Licensing application register with completion and decision dates

6. Disclosure of enforcement actions

   How the supervisor publishes its enforcement decisions and penalties against supervised institutions

   10%
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   Points

   • Decisions published naming the institution, the breach and the penalty100
   • Aggregate statistics published without names50
   • Nothing published0

   Evidence

   Link to the enforcement page or the annual report

7. Automated regulatory reporting

   Share of periodic regulatory returns received through a digital platform in a machine-processable format (XBRL, APIs or similar) out of all returns

   10%
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   • 90 – < 100 % 100
   • 70 – < 90 % 80
   • 40 – < 70 % 50
   • 0 – < 40 % 20

   Evidence

   List of regulatory returns with the submission channel of each and a description of the platform

Each indicator gives 0 to 100 points; its share of the total is its weight. Ties are decided by the indicators listed first in the scorecard; payment or package never affects the score.

1. Done

   Nominations open

   26 October 2026 · 13:10

2. Upcoming

   Nominations close

   27 November 2026 · 01:10

3. Upcoming

   Judging starts

   27 November 2026 · 01:11

4. Upcoming

   Judging ends

   4 December 2026 · 13:00

5. Upcoming

   Results announced

   4 December 2026 · 13:10

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