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US Congressman calls for op risk redraft
A Congressman and members of the banking industry lambasted the operational risk capital charge in Basel II at a fresh set of hearings, The New Basel Accord: Private Sector Perspective, held in the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee…
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It has been more than six years in the making, but the final text of the Basel II framework has arrived. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published the text at the end of June to a mix response from the financial services industry.
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Capital is key to any financial institution. Companies in other industries need capital to buy property and production equipment. For financial institutions, the primary function of capital is to cover unexpected credit and market risks losses, because…
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