Central banks

Compromises allow Basel II to progress

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said last month that there were no substantial issues remaining with the complex Basel II capital Accord, after a series of compromises involving the capital treatment of loans to small and medium-sized…

McDonough staying with Basel II, Crockett leaving BIS

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - New York Federal Reserve Bank president William McDonough said in July he would continue as head of the group of global banking regulators drafting the controversial Basel II bank capital rules until the job was done.

Clearing the obstacles

Credit quality is essential to every energy firm’s success, as recent problems at Aquila and Dynegy attest. Couple this with the post-Enron threat of increased regulation for OTC energy derivatives and it is clear that the energy trading market needs…

Isda changes Japan credit derivatives documentation

Japan’s credit derivatives dealers have opted to drop ‘obligation acceleration’ and ‘repudiation/moratorium’ from the list of credit events for standard credit default swap transactions, bringing Japan in line with the European and US credit derivatives…

BIS head defends complexity of Basel II

The most advanced approaches under the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord are likely to be complex if banks are to have the right incentives to measure and manage their risks, a senior international central banker said today.

IMF seeks scrutiny of insurers' credit risk

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says greater information about insurers' financial markets activities – including credit risk transfers – is needed before their implications for financial stability can be clearly ascertained.

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