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Data hurdles

The risk management rumour mill has been buzzing in recent weeks with the story that US banking regulators have told the senior management of the country’s 30 largest banks that they will be expected to implement the advanced internal ratings-based (IRB)…

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.

Switching on CLS

As the continuous linked settlement initiative prepares for a delayed launch later this year, firms that have been involved since the beginning outline how they hope to recoup and build on their investments.

Linear, yet attractive, Contour

Banks’ Potential Future Exposure models are at the core of the advanced EAD (Exposure At Default) approach to capital requirements for credit risk considered in the New Basel Capital Accord. Juan Cárdenas, Emmanuel Fruchard and Jean-François Picron look…

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.

The FSA’s hardliner

Oliver Page, of the UK’s FSA and the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, says regulators should stay tough on credit and operational risk.

Unleashing Asia’s demons

The Basel Committee’s new consultative paper on capital adequacy could wreak havoc with Asia’s domestic banks. The revamped rules will make the shortcomings of their risk management systems all too clear.

Unleashing Asia's demons

The Basel Committee’s new consultative paper on capital adequacy could wreak havoc with Asia’s domestic banks. The revamped rules will make the shortcomings of their risk management systems all too clear.

Basel part one: the new accord

The Basel Committee’s second consultative paper on reform of the 1988 Accord on capital holds some surprises. Some believe regulatory capital will now have to rise. Dwight Cass reviews the changes.

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