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System improvements needed for Basel II still uncertain
LONDON – There can be no certainty at present over precisely what steps banks need to take to ensure their risk management systems are compliant with the proposed Basel II capital accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer, a UK regulator…
UK expects EU countries to reopen Basel II arguments
LONDON – UK regulators expect that other European Union (EU) countries will try to reopen Basel II bank accord discussions within the EU framework, a senior UK supervisor said yesterday.
FSA urges UK banks to look hard at EU capital proposals
UK banks should look hard at a draft text of European Union (EU) capital rules that the European Commission plans to issue around the end of October, the UK’s senior financial regulator said today.
Banks advised to make Basel II views known in QIS 3
LONDON - Banks would be wise to make their views on the complex Basel II bank capital accord known via the key QIS 3 survey that’s due out on October 1, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.
Regulator urges UK banks to look hard at EU capital proposals
LONDON – UK banks should look hard at a draft text of European Union (EU) capital rules that the European Commission plans to issue around the end of October, the UK’s senior financial regulator said today.
Insurers enter the credit derivatives restructuring debate
A group of insurance companies active in the credit derivatives market has submitted a letter to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association suggesting language changes to the trade association’s restructuring definitions. The insurers are…
FOA updates end-user derivatives guidelines
UK trade body the Futures and Options Association (FOA) yesterday launched updated guidelines for derivatives end-users, which take into account electronic trading and the past year’s big US corporate failures.
Quality regulation is key for credit derivatives development, say bankers
Effective regulation emerged as a key theme for the development of the credit derivatives industry, according to an industry discussion forum hosted by inter-dealer broker CreditTrade in London last night.
Op Risk Looks Back... To the 18th Century
The 300-year-old statistical methods of Thomas Bayes are experiencing a renaissance.
FSA to review regulation of hedge funds
Hedge funds could become more accessible to UK retail investors following a Financial Services Authority (FSA) statement saying current restrictive selling rules are to be reviewed.
FSA opens emergency UK back-up site
The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK’s chief financial services watchdog, said yesterday that it had opened a back-up centre to maintain operations in the event of an emergency such as a terrorist attack on its headquarters in London.
One-third of City firms have flawed continuity planning, says FSA
The FSA, the UK financial services watchdog, said yesterday that about 4,000 of the 11,500 firms it regulates need to improve their business continuity arrangements.
UK allows for Basel II delays in risk-based rules for financial services
LONDON - UK regulators said in late July they would implement their plans for uniform, risk-based rules for UK-based banks, insurance companies and securities firms in several stages, instead of one or two, following delays to the Basel II bank accord.
UK accepts large banks could use basic op risk approach
LONDON - The UK’s chief financial market watchdog said in July it accepted that a large international bank could use the basic indicator approach, the simplest of the three approaches to calculating operational risk capital charges proposed under the…
Danish regulator scotches rumours of favourable hedge fund ruling
Denmark's chief regulator, the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), is unlikely to relax rules that block locally domiciled investment funds from using leverage, FSA financial inspector Jens Vestergaard told RiskNews .
Letter to the Editor: Forbearance measures needed for Basel II
Wilson Ervin and I published an article in Risk last year on the danger that the Basel II proposed reforms of bank capital will lead to procyclicality, ie, pressure on banks to sell assets or raise capital at inopportune times, due to the risk…
Compromises allow Basel II to progress
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said last month that there were no substantial issues remaining with the complex Basel II capital Accord, after a series of compromises involving the capital treatment of loans to small and medium-sized…
UK adjusts timetable to Basel II delays
London - UK regulators said today they would implement their plans for uniform, risk-based rules for UK-based banks, insurance companies and securities firms in several stages, instead of one or two, following delays to the Basel II bank accord.
UK says op risk paper will prepare firms for Basel II
London – Financial firms complying with the operational risk policy outlined today by UK financial regulators should be well prepared for the systems and controls needed under the Basel II bank accord and parallel European Union (EU) rules.
Basel II principles can fit insurers, UK regulator says
The principles of risk-based regulation embodied in the Basel II bank pact can be applied successfully to insurance companies, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.
FSA fairly confident of ‘sensible’ op risk charge for investment firms
UK regulators are reasonably confident operational risk capital charges for investment firms proposed under new European Union (EU) rules will be “sensible”, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.
FSA fairly confident of ‘sensible’ op risk charge for investment firms
UK regulators are reasonably confident operational risk capital charges for investment firms proposed under new European Union (EU) rules will be “sensible”, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.
Basel II principles can fit insurers, UK regulator says
The principles of risk-based regulation embodied in the Basel II bank pact can be applied successfully to insurance companies, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.
UK investor fears seem overdone, regulator says
It is right that regulators look hard at the UK’s regulatory regime to see whether improvements are needed to prevent a fraudulent attempt to inflate corporate earnings for personal gain, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.