This letter from the FSB Chair, Randal K. Quarles, to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors ahead of their virtual meeting on 26 February notes the unprecedented challenges faced by the FSB, like many others, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the imposition of containment measures across the globe (the “COVID Event”). Nevertheless, over the past year, FSB members’ actions have demonstrated their responsiveness to crisis; coordination in action; and adaptability. These attributes remain as critical now, with a still uncertain pathway to a post-COVID world, as during the past year. Against this backdrop, ... (full story)