Central banks/Economics

• Economics

Sponsor's article > Don't count on buffers

One possible mitigator of the pro-cyclical impact of risk-sensitive capital requirements would be counter-cyclical changes in capital buffers. Empirical evidence on this issue is scarce and a new regulatory capital regime could well induce a behavioural…

• 13 Feb 2003

• Technology

Software survey 2003

Credit technology hogged the spotlight in 2002, as the spectacular collapse of a host of corporate giants combined with movement on the Basel II Accord focused everyone's attention on this class of exposures.

• 28 Jan 2003

• Economics

Reflated economy must be Japan’s priority, claims Moody’s

The outlook for Japanese sovereign debt would improve if the Bank of Japan (BoJ) took measures to reflate the economy, according to rating agency Moody's Investors Service. As the BoJ decides on a new governor to replace outgoing Masaru Hayami in March,…

• 15 Jan 2003

• Technology

Software survey 2003

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• 01 Jan 2003

• Economics

Friendless but lucky

• 01 Oct 2002

• Economics

Op risk floor removed to give flexibility

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Global banking regulators have removed the operational risk capital floor previously proposed under the Basel II capital accord to give banks flexibility in developing op risk management systems.

• 14 Aug 2002

• Economics

Op risk floor removed to give flexibility

BASEL II UPDATE

• 01 Aug 2002