Basel Committee
Basle regulators to study insurers' reaction to US attacks
BASLE II UPDATE
The Basle II timetable
BASLE II UPDATE
EU welcomes Basle regulators' op risk paper
BASLE II UPDATE
Basel II regulators lighten Pillar 3 disclosure burden
Global banking regulators said they are significantly reducing the amount of information they will require from banks under a key provision of the proposed Basel II banking accord.
Basel cuts op risk charge benchmark to 12%
Global banking regulators will base their proposed capital charge for operational risk on a 12% benchmark, down from the controversial 20% originally proposed.
Basel scraps 'w' charge from pillar 1
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has reacted to strong industry criticism of its controversial 'w' charge by scrapping it from pillar 1, regulatory capital, of its proposed new regulatory capital requirements – Basel II. It will now be included…
Basel regulators put op risk charge below 15%
Global banking regulators will cut to below 15% from 20% the benchmark figure on which they intend basing the controversial operational risk capital charge they propose for large international banks from 2005.
Basel II delay to add to banks’ confusion
LONDON - Confusion about operational risk is likely to increase among several major banks as a result of the 12-month postponement of the Basel II banking accord, according to Andrew Grant, London-based head of risk practice at professional services firm…
Basel acts on private equity losses
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued a proposal for determining the capital reserves for bank equity exposures. It promises to be as controversial as the other aspects of the Basel II capital Accord.
Why an Op Risk capital charge is dangerous and won’t work
The operational risk capital charge proposed under the Basel II banking accord is fundamentally flawed, and could have unintended and highly undesirable consequences, argues Karen Shaw Petrou.
Op Risk discussion document will reflect shifts in regulator thinking
BASEL - The discussion document on operational risk expected in September from global banking regulators will try to cover all the concerns raised by bankers about this controversial aspect of the Basel II banking accord, regulators said.
A call to action for Op Risk insurers
Insurance companies must not waste time now the Basel II regulators have shown an amber light to operational risk insurance, say Roland Avery and Daniel Butler.
A Call To Action For Op Risk Insurers
BASLE II UPDATE
Does Outsourcing Reduce Op Risk?
OUTSOURCING
Basle II Delay To Add To Banks’ Confusion
BASLE II UPDATE
Why An Op Risk Capital Charge Is Dangerous And Won’t Work
BASLE II UPDATE
The Basle II Capital Accord: Op Risk Proposals In Brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Probing granularity
The granularity adjustment, which adjusts risk weightings for credit portfolio diversification, is one of Basel II’s key modelling assumptions. Here, Tom Wilde uncovers a weakness in this assumption arising from the differences in the underlying credit…
Basel II to be re-calibrated for Asian banks
Simon Topping, executive director for banking policy at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), said in July that the proposed Basel II capital accord will be re-calibrated during the current consultation period to make risk weightings for Asia's banks…
Insurers get amber light with some green
BASEL - Global banking regulators have signalled they might agree to a role for operational risk insurance in the Basel II bank capital accord.
Basel bonds Canada
The largest Canadian banks have banded together to share default data, making it much more likely they will all qualify for the most advantageous regulatory capital approach under the Basel II capital Accord.
Asian banks face hedging threat
Hong Kong - The Basel II bank capital adequacy accord could stop Asia's banks from hedging risk, resulting in their being shut out of the global banking system entirely, says Paul Sheehan, Hong Kong-based co-head of Asian bank research at US investment…