Basel II
Land of giants
Canada's banking community comprises a small group of very large banks. Working together, and with their sole, principles-focused regulators, this tightly-knit, risk averse group has avoided the worst of the financial crisis and taken internal op risk…
A variable response to pro-cyclicality
Ensuring banks put in place counter-cyclical capital buffers has become a key area of focus for regulators across the globe, with some proposing capital buffers be based on financial or macro variables. Alessandro Conciarelli and Mario Quagliariello…
The liquidity lifeline
The Basel Committee intends to introduce internationally binding liquidity standards, to include both a requirement for a liquid assets buffer and longer-term structural funding constraints. How will the measures be calculated and what will the…
Divine illumination
Last year's OR&C top 100 banks study identified 'A new dawn for disclosure'. Things have hotted up since then, and now banks face not only a level of exposure and transparency never seen before, but also stricter regulation on almost every front…
Torrential reign
It never rains but it pours. International negotiations over the best way to regulate banks and financial markets continue, but bankers had better be prepared because much of what has been discussed in recent months will find its way into
Moody’s: Basel II and CRD changes ‘positive for banks' creditworthiness’
Credit rating agency says Basel enhancements will help banks' ratings
Australian regulator proposes enhanced liquidity requirements
Prudential framework for liquidity risk management under review
Basel group agrees on banking crisis response
The Basel Committee’s oversight body has met to discuss key measures to strengthen banking regulation
ECB defends Basel II against US Treasury plans
Nout Wellink and Christian Noyer have rallied to Basel II’s defence against plans for a US-led replacement
FDIC: crisis validates US Basel II delay and leverage ratio
The decision by the US to retain the leverage ratio has been validated by the events of the financial crisis and spared the country from an even more severe fiscal implosion, a senior Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) official has claimed.
Can-do
Julie Dickson, superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions in Canada, talks to Risk about how the country's regulatory framework has helped institutions weather the financial crisis. By Joel Clark
2008 Loss Data Collection Exercise results released
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Basel Committee releases Basel II capital enhancements
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BIS outlines 'narrow path ahead' in annual report
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AIG warns of potential losses in CDS portfolio
AIG could be exposed to further losses on the super-senior credit default swap (CDS) portfolio held by its subsidiary AIG Financial Products (AIG FP) should credit markets continue to deteriorate, according to a filing the company made to the US…