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Compromising on Basel II
As US banking regulators debate how much of the spirit of Basel II should be applied to small and medium-sized financial institutions, the banks themselves are stuck in no-man's land. Will 'Basel 1A' bring more certainty or more argument? John Ferry…
Sponsor's article > Bank of America Selects SunGard’s BancWare for Basel II Compliance and Reporting
SunGard today announced that Bank of America has extended its relationship with SunGard with the selection of the BancWare Capital Manager (previously called Basel II Capital Manager).
Pillars of wisdom
European insurance regulation is shifting from Pillar I rulebook to Pillar II dialogue. But the dialogue may be evolving into a poker game. Aaron Woolner reports
Who's buying?
Operational risk derivatives are being reconsidered as a solution to banks' distrust of op risk insurance policies, but the market for these is yet to develop. By Duncan Wood
Basel spotlights home-host and EL issues
Basel, Switzerland – The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released two documents in late November, to provide the financial services industry with some additional clarity on both the home-host issue and the treatment of expected losses under the…
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2006: a year of deadlines and worry
COVER STORY: A YEAR OF UNCERTAINTY FACES EXECUTIVES, AND MANY INITIATIVES ARE STILL FAR BEHIND
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A pillar of solvency
Paul Sharma, head of policy for banking, insurance and securities at the UK's Financial Services Authority, talks about life at the sharp end of insurance reform. Nicholas Dunbar reports
Perspectives - Phillip Straley
Phillip Straley, Partner, global financial services risk management, Ernst & Young
New Swiss rules reveal hidden capital
Statutory or book reserve capital requirements, a mainstay of continental European insurance regulation, may come under pressure as practitioners digest the results of a field test of new solvency rules conducted by Switzerland's insurance regulator.
US tackles home-host issues caused by Basel II delay
US financial regulators are working with foreign bank supervisors to minimise cross-border implementation difficulties that might arise from the country’s delayed Basel II plans.
Oracle adds Basel II functionality to its compliance platforms.
Oracle, the world’s largest software company based in Redwood Shores, California, has added the Reveleus Basel II solution to Oracle’s enterprise risk management and compliance platforms.
Clash of the regulators
As the pace of the Solvency II process to reform European insurance supervision quickens, British and French regulators have clashed over the use of market-consistent solvency requirements, to the alarm of proponents of risk-based supervision.