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Quantitative impact studies will go regional
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision does not plan on conducting further quantitative impact studies (QISs) to explore the effect that the new Basel II framework will have on the international banking industry, according to Patricia Jackson,…
FSA publishes Basel II/CAD implementation consultation
The UK's Financial Services Authority published its 'Report and first consultation on the implementation of the new Basel and EU Capital Adequacy Standards' in early July.
Fed publishes ANPR preview material
The US Federal Reserve has published material on its website that gives readers a preview of what can be expected from the forthcoming advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR), which has a planned late-July release date.
MEP Radwan says EU Commission will conduct SME survey
The EU Commission will conduct a survey of the impact that the organisation's capital adequacy directive (CAD) will have on small and medium-sized banks and corporates (SMEs) over the coming months, and the results will be available before the end of…
Insurers must change their ways to comply with Basel II
Implementation outlook
European banks nervous over pillar II implementation
Regulatory update
EU Cad concedes on investment firms but limits role of insurance
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Banks back AMA under Basel II
Basel Committee’s op risk conference
What’s coming, and when
Regulatory update
European buy-side lags in operational risk management
Implementation outlook
US Congress scrutinises Basel II
Regulatory update
Banks struggle with conduits
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Basel II – it’s not all devil in the detail
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Basel II: Time to prepare
Following the publication of the third and final consultation paper, Japan's banks are focusing more seriously on Basel II. With the new requirements set to take effect from 2006, most banks face a critical year ahead.
A new dawn
Now that the financial community has finally become comfortable with derivatives, the next challenge is to trade these instruments using STP methods. STPforum reports
A new focus on old risks
Operational risk can wreak havoc on financial institutions’ businesses, yet measurement of operational risk is not nearly as developed as that of credit or market risk. Legislation is forcing firms to face up to the problem and STP may help them on their…
Basel II heralds a new ‘golden age’ for risk, says BofE's Jackson
Basel II is creating a new lingua franca for risk that will usher in a “golden age” of risk management, said Patricia Jackson, special adviser to the Bank of England, at Risk magazine’s Basel II Forum in London today. The debates surrounding the wording…
US to complete further quantitative impact studies, says Ferguson
To assess the impact of the Basel II regulatory proposals on US banks that will be adopting that framework, the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators are planning to conduct a series of quantitative impact studies during the implementation period,…