Structured products
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.
Equitable Life’s credit slips down junk bond slope
UK INSURANCE
Loss distribution approach on agenda
BASLE II UPDATE
Technology News
NEWS
The Basle II capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Basle accord brings segmentation issues for systems companies
BASLE II UPDATE
What the banking industry (and others) told the Basle regulators
BASLE II UPDATE
Getting ahead
Cate Rocchi discovers how Wessex Asset Management found success in the Asia Pacific region
A new lease of life
Hedge fund service providers looking to stay ahead in the marketplace are turning to corporate websites to communicate with their customers
Basel II will be modified, says Canadian bank regulator
A survey of financial institutions’ views on the Basel II capital accord is expected to result in global banking regulators modifying some of the accord’s controversial aspects, according to a Canadian bank regulator involved in the survey.
Moving to the centre
Basel II means banks will have to centralise the management of operational risk or lose out to competitors.
Risk transfer to insurers could threaten Basel II, warns UK central banker
Financial stability and financial efficiency could be undermined if the new Basel II capital adequacy rules proposed for banks are simply "arbitraged away" by the transferral of banking risks to insurers, according to a senior UK central banker.
Basle II will be modified, says Canadian bank regulator
BASLE II UPDATE
The new Basle capital accord: op risk proposals in brief
BASLE II UPDATE
Leading insurers argue the case for op risk insurance
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Moving to the centre
BASLE II UPDATE