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The Financial Stability Forum issued a comprehensive set of recommendations to strengthen prudential oversight, enhance transparency, and improve crisis management frameworks. The document mandates timely implementation of Basel II, stricter capital and liquidity requirements for banks, and improved risk disclosures and valuation standards for financial institutions. It further requires Credit Rating Agencies to enhance their processes, urges investors to reduce reliance on ratings, and directs central banks to establish flexible operational arrangements for addressing systemic stress.