Non-G10 countries to implement Basel II over 2007-09

South Africa has set January 1, 2008 as the implementation date for the new Basel Accord, also known as Basel II, according to Carel Oosthuizen, the head of Basel II implementation at the South African Reserve Bank.

According to the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), South Africa is representative of most of the 88 non-Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) countries that intend to implement the new capital Accord between 2007 and 2009.

Oosthuizen said the Central Bank took the decision on August 11, and has since informed the banks registered in South Africa. “We will start parallel-running of both the Basel I and Basel II frameworks on January 1

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