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Complaints are reaching me about the way in which the US regulators have released the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR). My sources point out that the advance notice of proposed rulemaking – released way back in those halcyon days of August 2003 – came…

US Basel II gone AWOL

Well, has Basel II finally ridden off the rails in the US? This seems to be the case. The inclusion of a new study on Basel II, to be conducted by the General Accounting Office, does rather seem to threaten the timetable that the US regulators announced…

US legislators question Basel II effectiveness

The Financial Services Committee of the US Congress said today it is not convinced that the current proposals under Basel II will be able to reflect modern risk management practices and eliminate regulatory arbitrage opportunities.

Glass-Steagall and Dingell?

Congressman John D. Dingell, the indefatigable Democrat from Michigan, has embarked on a crusade against the practice of 'tying' – where banks use loans to secure further business.

US Congress Basel II bill is put on hold, for now

Washington DC – The bill written by the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, which was designed to take control of the Basel II negotiation process away from US regulators and hand it to Congress, has been shelved for now, say…

Fed's Ferguson says Basel II will apply to 20 US banks

The number of US banks expected to implement Basel II is now likely to be twice the number unveiled to a stunned international banking community during Congressional testimony in February, Roger Ferguson, vice-chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has told…

Stress tests and risk capital

For many financial institutions, "stress tests" are an important input into processes that set risk capital allocations. In the current regulatory environment, two distinct model-based approaches for setting regulatory capital requirements include stress…

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