Basel II
Banks advised to make Basel II views known in QIS 3
Banks would be wise to make their views on the complex Basel II bank capital accord known via the key QIS 3 survey due out on October 1, the UK’s chief financial regulator said today.
Banks in 50 countries will complete Basel II QIS 3 survey
Two hundred and sixty-five banks from nearly 50 countries have agreed to take part in the key third quantitative impact study, QIS 3, that seeks information on how the complex Basel II capital accord will affect banks, the world’s top international…
Practitioner analysis: Reaping the advantages of Basel II
David Stone of Zions Bancorporation describes how the US bank plans to underpin its enterprise-wide risk management by implementing the Basel II accord’s advanced approaches to measuring operational risk.
Banks in 50 countries will complete Basel II QIS 3 survey
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Two hundred and sixty-five banks from nearly 50 countries have agreed to take part in the key third quantitative impact study, or QIS 3, that seeks information on how the complex Basel II capital accord will affect banks, the…
Single bank capital accord for all banks is impossible, says Basel Committee chief
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Differences between banking systems make it impossible to conceive of a single bank protective capital accord that would work for all banks in all countries, the world’s top international banking regulator said today.
ORX loss database operational by the end of the year
FRANKFURT, GERMANY - The Operational Riskdata eXchange Association (ORX), a not-for-profit venture to pool op risk loss data resources, expects its operational risk database to be operating by the end of 2002, Fred Peemoeller, chief risk officer,…
Single-bank capital accord impossible for all banks, says Basel chief
Differences between banking systems make it impossible to conceive of a single-bank protective capital accord that would work for all banks in all countries, the world’s top international banking regulator said today.
European fund managers seek united voice on EU laws
LONDON – Two leading trade bodies representing European fund managers are looking at ways of providing a united voice on European Union (EU) laws and rules affecting them, including the EU’s third capital adequacy directive or Cad 3.
Banks should use Basel II delays to improve retail-lending systems
NEEDHAM, MASSACHUSSETTS - Banks should use the time gained by delays to the Basel II bank accord to plan for the replacement of systems that can’t handle the ever-increasing volume of loans to the retail sector, a report by banking technology consultants…
European fund managers seek united voice on EU laws
Two leading trade bodies representing European fund managers are looking at ways of providing a united voice on European Union (EU) laws and rules affecting them, including the EU’s proposed third capital adequacy directive, Cad 3.
Op risk loss exercise gets good response ahead of QIS 3
BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Global banking regulators said there was a good response from banks to the operational loss data collection exercise that the regulators launched in June to help them refine the op risk aspects of the Basel II bank accord aimed at…
Sweden’s credit risk maverick
“We don’t like portfolio management,” says Björn Börjesson, executive vice-president and head of the central credit department at Svenska Handelsbanken in Stockholm.
Bank regulators to discuss how Basel II applies outside G-10
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Banking supervisors from around the world are meeting next week in South Africa and a major item on their agenda will be how and to what extent the complex Basel II bank accord could be implemented in countries outside the leading…
Bank regulators to discuss how Basel II applies outside G-10
Banking supervisors from around the world are meeting next week in South Africa with a major item on their agenda regarding how and to what extent the complex Basel II bank accord could be implemented in countries outside the leading economies.
More information on credit risk transfer needed, says IMF’s Häusler
Gerd Häusler, director of the international capital markets department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), today highlighted that too little is known about where credit risk ultimately resides in the financial system.
Credit risk measurement of securitisation structures
Peter-Paul Hoogbruin, Harmenjan Sijtsma and Viktor Tchistiakov of ING Group Credit Risk Management present a framework for valuing securitisation tranches from an investor’s perspective.
Correlation and credit risk
Active development of full credit portfolio modelling continues apace, even though it is not recognised in the proposed Basel II framework.
SAP launches new Basel II functions for mySAP Banking
WALLDORF, GERMANY – German software services provider SAP said it is providing new functions for its mySAP Banking package to help banks meet the requirements of the risk-based Basel II capital accord and new international accounting standards in the…
German focus: Trouble below deck
Despite weathering a number of storms over the past decade, notably reunification and monetary union, the German economy is facing a new threat.
SAP launches new Basel II functions for mySAP Banking
German software services provider SAP said it is providing new functions for its mySAP Banking package to help banks meet the requirements of the risk-based Basel II capital Accord and new international accounting standards in the European Union (EU).
Basel experts agree asset securitisation treatment
LONDON – Global banking experts have agreed proposals for treating the credit risks for banks of asset securitisation under the complex Basel II capital accord.
Basel experts agree securitisation treatment
Global banking experts have agreed proposals for treating the credit risks for banks of asset securitisation under the complex Basel II capital Accord.
Experts expect to finalise Basel II securitisation issues this week
LONDON – Technical experts expect this week to finalise their proposals for handling the one major issue still outstanding in the complex Basel II accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer – the technically thorny question of how to treat…
Basel II securitisation issues conclusion expected this week
Experts expect this week to finalise their proposals for handling the one major issue still outstanding in the complex Basel II Accord aimed at making the world’s banking system safer – the technically thorny question of how to treat the credit risks for…