Infrastructure/People
Pro-cyclicality in the new Basel Accord
Could Basel II worsen recessions? By backtesting the proposed capital rules to the last recession, D. Wilson Ervin and Tom Wilde argue that the increased risk sensitivity of loan portfolio regulatory capital in the new Accord could have unwelcome…
New op risk paper gets cautious welcome, but reservations remain
BASEL - Bankers gave a cautious welcome to the further thinking of global banking regulators on their controversial plans to make internationally active banks set aside capital against op risk under the Basel II banking accord.
Banking on progress
Technology
BoNY plans to relocate data centres outside New York
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
New op risk paper gets cautious welcome, but reservations remain
BASLE II UPDATE
Basle regulators cut op risk charge benchmark to 12%
BASLE II UPDATE
Disaster recovery -- the new Y2K?
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Basel cuts op risk charge benchmark to 12%
Global banking regulators will base their proposed capital charge for operational risk on a 12% benchmark, down from the controversial 20% originally proposed.
A call to action for Op Risk insurers
Insurance companies must not waste time now the Basel II regulators have shown an amber light to operational risk insurance, say Roland Avery and Daniel Butler.
A Call To Action For Op Risk Insurers
BASLE II UPDATE
Does Outsourcing Reduce Op Risk?
OUTSOURCING
Insurers get amber light with some green
BASEL - Global banking regulators have signalled they might agree to a role for operational risk insurance in the Basel II bank capital accord.
Beyond Basel II - operational risk management comes of age
Integrated, enterprise-wide, operational risk management can offer much more than just regulatory compliance.
Insurers get amber light with some green
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Beyond Basle II -- operational risk management comes of age
RISK MANAGEMENT
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basel regulators
The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said the op risk capital charge may be left to the discretion of the national supervisor, and should be based not only on quantitative factors, but should take account of qualitative factors. The Central Bank…
Basel accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
Basel II will segment the market for firms providing IT services to banks.
Technology News
NEWS
Basle accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
BASLE II UPDATE
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basle regulators
BASLE II UPDATE
The FSA’s hardliner
Oliver Page, of the UK’s FSA and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, says regulators should stay tough on credit and operational risk.
Unleashing Asia’s demons
The Basel Committee’s new consultative paper on capital adequacy could wreak havoc with Asia’s domestic banks. The revamped rules will make the shortcomings of their risk management systems all too clear.