Basel Committee
Gross income - what’s in a name?
Banking regulators are pondering whether to change the title ‘gross income’ as currently applied in the simpler approaches for measuring op risk under the Basel II banking accord.
Regulators study terms for abolishing op risk floor
Global banking regulators have asked their technical experts to look at what kind of conditions need to exist in order to get rid of the floor that limits the potential gains for banks using advanced approaches to measuring op risk under the Basel II…
A cost/benefit approach to Basel II
The cost of implementing Basel II could put banks at a competitive disadvantage compared with non-banks, and spur them to ‘de-bank’ to avoid this regulatory burden. Harry Stordel and Andrew Cross say regulators must look at the provisions from a cost…
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…
East European banks could pay Basel II dividend
Major east European banks could take advantage of the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord to reduce their high levels of capital charges through paying higher dividends, a senior Czech banker said in April.
Standard Chartered's New Risk Architecture
An enterprise-wide risk engine will better integrate risk measurement with business decisions.
EU bank regulation debate intensifies
The debate over banking supervision in the European Union intensified in April as Britain and Germany argued for keeping regulation under the aegis of national regulators, while many central bankers argued that the role should be left to the European…
Basel II op risk survey planned for June 1
Global banking regulators hope to issue another survey on June 1 seeking information from banks on their operational losses, in order to help with the development of the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord, said regulators in late April.
Basel regulators hope for SME solution by mid-June
Global banking regulators said in late April they were optimistic they could resolve by mid-June the vexed question of the treatment of lending to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord.
Regulators plan trio of Basel II papers for October
Global banking regulators plan to issue on October 1 a working paper on the treatment of asset securitisation in the Basel II banking accord, one of the issues delaying the coming-into-effect of the controversial pact until late 2006.
Measuring the Unexpected
The events of Sept. 11 brought increased attention and confusion to the practice of managing operational risk.
Regulators must guard against a meaningless Basle II accord
BASLE II UPDATE
SocGen’s Bouton heads IIF committee on Basle II
BASLE II UPDATE
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Op risk alert for traders
BASLE II UPDATE
Basle regulators launch second op risk survey
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Basle II accord won’t affect most US banks, says central banker
BASLE II UPDATE
UK insurance op risk rules could be curtailed by EU indecision
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Basle II could destabilise financial markets, says IMF official
BASLE II UPDATE
UK watchdog won’t pressure banks on advanced Basle II approaches
BASLE II UPDATE
Australian banks face big challenges on Basle II
BASLE II UPDATE
Greenspan says Basle II could reduce extremes of business cycles
BASLE II UPDATE