P R E S S   R E L E A S E

5  November 1998
Financial Supervisory Agency

The Sixth Meeting of the "Working Group on Financial Inspection Manuals"

The Sixth meeting of the Working Group on Financial Inspection Manuals was held today at the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA).

The Group's discussion focused on compliance issues and credit risk management;

- the Group discussed compliance issues taking into account the guidelines of FSA;

- two members of the Group presented reports on credit risk management to provide a basis for further discussion.

The next meeting is scheduled on 18 November

For

further information, please contact:

Toshitake KUROSAWA

Inspection Department, FSA

Phone 03-3506-6000 ext.3269

Fax  03-3506-6119