Basel Committee
Evaluating the policy implications of the other two pillars of Basel II
This brief evaluates the supervisory-process and market-discipline pillars of the Basel II bank regulatory framework.
Risk management and stability better under Basel II, but industry unprepared
Basel II will improve risk management and stabilise the banking system, but almost half the industry is not sure they will be ready in time.
S&P releases Pillar 3 guidance
Standard & Poor’s guidance aims to promote sound market discipline
S&P releases Pillar 3 guidance
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US finally reaches compromise on Basel II
Basel 1A dropped and advanced approaches to be consistent with international standards
Senior EU politician says US is set to release Basel II rules
Regulators could agree on the US’s Basel II rules today, according to a top EU bureaucrat.
Batting for British banks
Angela Knight, chairperson of the British Bankers' Association, talks to Nick Kochan about her hard-earned reputation as the scourge of the international regulatory community
Indian banks bid to raise capital to ensure Basel II compliance
Five banks are preparing to launch public and bond issues to meet the Basel II capital adequacy ratio.
Industry warns against EU commodity regulation
The European Commission has been cautioned against inappropriate regulation of commodity derivatives by a working group of industry bodies.
The best-laid plans ..
Strategic risk is recognised as a potential serious risk under Pillar II of Basel II. But isolating what strategic risk actually is, let alone how to quantify it, has caused some problems for risk managers. Bob Allen of the Australian Prudential…
Xinhua and Fermat bring Basel technology to China
Xinhua Financial, a media company, and Fermat, a risk technology specialist, have signed a deal to provide Basel II software in the world’s fourth largest economy.
US Fed chief stresses need for speed on Basel II
Randall Kroszner, a governor at the US Federal Reserve, said he wants to get Basel II implemented fast.
Trio of vendors spearheading Basel credit risk work
SAS, SunGard, Algo lauded by Chartis
Insurance industry’s Basel II released
The EU Commission has published its proposal for Solvency II, a regulatory framework for the insurance industry that uses Basel II’s three-pillar structure.
Indian Bank looks to sell state stake in time for Basel II
The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI), one of India’s largest private banks, is trying to offload its holdings in state finance corporations, before Basel II is introduced in 2008.
Basel II “doubly flawed”, according to UK researcher
Basel II is “doubly flawed” in comparison with Basel I, because external credit rating agencies and in-house models are used to set risk weights.
Basel IA to attract large US regional banks
Improvised rule to miss national and local banks, say report
Algorithmics rated top Basel II vendor
Algorithmics Capital Analytics, a technology company, is the leading provider of credit risk management technology for Basel II, according to a survey by research company Chartis.
Batting for British banks
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