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Basel inflicts collateral damage
The current Basel proposals could lead to the global spread of the type of systemic loan loss problems Japan is now experiencing, argues John Frye of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
A new role for op risk insurance
As expected, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said in late September that it is prepared to consider a role for insurance in reducing operational risk capital charges proposed under the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord.
The shifting sands of Basel II
Four months after the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision closed the consultation period on its January 2001 draft for a new international capital Accord, it has already made major amendments to its proposal.
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.
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The second annual Asia Risk Awards
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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
Attacks in US underscore know-your-customer rules, say bank regulators
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals update
BASLE II UPDATE
Disaster recovery experts get firms up and running
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Basle regulators cut op risk charge benchmark to 12%
BASLE II UPDATE
WTC attacks redefine and underline need for business continuity planning
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Attacks on US demonstrate extremes of operational risk
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A new role for op risk insurance
BASLE II UPDATE
Exchanges mobilise, react
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
Disaster recovery -- the new Y2K?
WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTERMATH
EU welcomes Basle regulators' op risk paper
BASLE II UPDATE
Airline exposures threaten Landesbank ratings
Germany’s state-controlled Landesbanks could see their premier ‘AAA’ ratings downgraded due to large exposure to the airline industry. Landesbanks, which have carved a niche in airline financing in the past few years, have gross exposures to the airline…
Basel II regulators lighten Pillar 3 disclosure burden
Global banking regulators said they are significantly reducing the amount of information they will require from banks under a key provision of the proposed Basel II banking accord.