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EU urged to recognise different op risk profiles of investment firms
MONTE CARLO - The European Union's plans to make investment firms as well as banks reserve capital against operational risk must acknowledge that one size does not fit all firms in the financial services industry, a leading European financial regulator…
Basel working group suggests "pragmatic" approach to credit risk expected losses
BASEL - A working group of the Basel Committee of banking supervisors has proposed "a pragmatic approach" to treating expected losses in arriving at a capital charge for credit risk under the internal ratings based (IRB) approach of the proposed Basel II…
Beyond Basel II - operational risk management comes of age
Integrated, enterprise-wide, operational risk management can offer much more than just regulatory compliance.
UK lags Europe for Basel II implementation
BRUSSELS - The UK financial services sector lags most of Europe in its state of preparedness for the implementation of the proposed new Basel capital accord for internationally active banks, dubbed Basel II, according to research by professional services…
Independent collapse highlights Basel II op risk insurance dilemma
LONDON - Some of the concerns of banking regulators about the effectiveness of insurance cover when operational disaster strikes a company could be illustrated by the plight of Independent Insurance, the UK general insurance group that collapsed in June…
UK lags Europe for Basle II implementation
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Insurers get amber light with some green
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Beyond Basle II -- operational risk management comes of age
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Basle II to be re-calibrated for Asian banks
BASLE II UPDATE
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Asian banks face hedging threat
BASLE II UPDATE
The new Accord delayed
Implementation of Basel II has been delayed to 2005, and regulators are revising key elements of their proposals for a new Accord on bank capital.
Basel II seen as meeting key challenge
The Basel II banking accord is the latest and highly welcome example of how regulators and policy-makers are meeting one of the two key challenges facing them today, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) president Urban Bäckström said in June.
Regulators acknowledge change needed
Global banking regulators have conceded that certain areas of their Basle II bank accord proposals needed further adjustment in order to meet key objectives of the accord.
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 II delay gives chance for other advanced op risk approaches
The year-long delay to the coming into effect of the Basel II banking accord means global banking regulators can study a broad range of advanced approaches to calculating an operational risk capital charge.
Basel accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
Basel II will segment the market for firms providing IT services to banks.
Op risk fears a major factor in responses to European plans
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