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Australia, Brazil, China, India, Korea, Mexico and Russia join Basel Committee
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Basel Committee to look at Tier 1 capital quality
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Basel Committee to look at Tier 1 capital quality
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is preparing radical changes to its rules on capital quality, including a 'soft target' of 75% for equity capital - up from 50% today - and the possible abolition of two-tier capital, according to a senior…
Hang Seng profits fall after WaMu debt writeoffs
Hang Seng Bank, the 60% owned Hong Kong subsidiary of HSBC, saw profits slide after heavy bad debt costs in 2008, including the write-off of all its Washington Mutual bonds.
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Challenging times for VAR
With the release of three new consultation papers in January, the Basel Committee has come up with its most ambitious plans yet for tackling the challenges presented by the financial crisis. But its proposal to overhaul VAR models is coming in for some…
A counter-cyclical Basel II
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is making various changes to the Basel II framework in the wake of the financial crisis. But Ryozo Himino argues there should be greater focus on incorporating a built-in stabiliser into the Accord
Pillars II and III stalled in global Basel II implementation
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Italian banks join op risk loss data sharing platform
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Operational risk experts ponder future of Basel II
The ongoing financial crisis has led risk professionals to question whether the Basel II framework needs to be modified to improve firms' ability to assess and manage risk. And while the general consensus is that revisions are needed, questions remain as…
Software Survey 2009
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All in Accord?
Klaas Knot, head of the Basel Committee's risk monitoring and management group, talks to Alexander Campbell
Trading book capital must be "several times" higher, FSA says
Capital requirements for assets held on the trading book should be "several times" higher than at present, according to the chairman of the UK Financial Services Authority, Adair Turner.
Basel Committee prepares to raise capital requirements with 'stressed VAR' test
Banks may face significantly higher regulatory capital requirements under proposed changes to the Basel II capital adequacy rules released today.
Stress tests were ignored in lead-up to crisis, Basel risk head says
Banks around the world ignored and marginalised the severe stress tests that could have prepared them for the crisis, according to Klaas Knot, the head of the Basel Committee's risk monitoring and management group.
Basel's not faulty
Basel II has attracted its fair share of criticism in the wake of the financial crisis. Ahmet Yetis argues much of this criticism is unfair
Calls grow for scrapping of Basel II accord
Industry figures argue that the capital adequacy regime is not relevant in today's economic climate, and that regulators have already abandoned certain aspects of the accord on the quiet
Why Basel's not faulty
The tenets of the Basel II Capital Accord are fundamentally sound; it's the methods that the banks are using to implement them that are not so sound