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Op risk disclosure: a long road ahead
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Radwan report highlights potential problems for investment firms
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German regulators begin industry dialogue
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Sarbanes-Oxley requirements could complement Basel compliance
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QIS3 data forces CP3 changes to create "level playing field"
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Basel Committee publishes additional QIS3 results
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published additional statistical data from the third quantitative impact study (QIS3), which was originally released on May 5.
Bank risk disclosure improving, says Basel Committee
A new report from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision says that, overall, banks are improving their disclosure of credit, market, operational and other risks in their annual reports.
Radwan working paper released
Alexander Radwan, a member of the European parliament (MEP) for Germany, released another draft of his working paper on the European Commission's capital adequacy directive (CAD) on May 20.
Credit derivatives disclosure still lacking, says Basel Committee
The disclosure by banks related to their credit mitigation techniques is still lacking, according to a survey released today by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. The survey analysed public disclosure by banks in 2001 and found that, although…
SunGard to help Irish companies comply with Basel II
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, an operating group of US technology company SunGard, has teamed up with Dublin–based software services consulting company Client Solutions to help banks and non-financial institutions across Ireland meet regulatory and…
US Congress tries to tame Basel II
Members of the US House of Representatives have proposed a bill that would place Congress firmly in control of the nation's Basel II debate.
Basel II: a continental rift
The Basel Committee envisaged an Accord that would be applied to all the world's banks to create a 'level playing field'. But the recent fracas between the US and the EU over implementation threatens this goal.
Roundtable > Operational risk quantification: a discipline at a crossroads
Operational Risk magazine held its first European roundtable during Risk magazine's annual European congress, in Paris, on April 9.
Risk Italia 2003: Growing proficiency in risk management allows more risk, says Cocco
Increasing proficiency by risk managers is allowing financial institutions to run more risk, according to Pierfrancesco Cocco, head of risk management at Banca Monte di Paschi di Siena. Speaking today at Risk’s inaugural Risk Italia conference in Milan,…
Sponsor's article > Is 8% for all seasons?
Considering the potential pro-cyclical impact of Basel II and the limited effectiveness of countervailing influences, David Rowe concludes that making the 8% ratio of capital-to-risk-adjusted-assets a discretionary policy variable should be part of the…
How practical is op risk insurance?
PARIS AND NEW YORK - The decision to allow the use of insurance to offset operational risk charges, under international and European risk-based regulatory frameworks, has opened yet another proverbial can of worms for banks.