Banks will get Basel II survey spreadsheets tomorrow

Some 300 banks in 36 countries will tomorrow receive draft spreadsheets and an information pack relating to the crucial QIS 3 survey for the complex Basel II bank capital Accord, global banking regulators said today.

The package will give banks an idea of the data they need to collect ahead of the issue of QIS 3, the third Basel II quantitative impact study, on October 1.

QIS 3 will seek information on how banks will be affected by the risk-based Basel II bank capital adequacy Accord that will determine from late 2006 how much capital they must set aside as a protective cushion to guard against losses from banking risks.

On October 1, the banks will be given the risk-weight functions and formulas they will

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