Capital Requirements Directive (CRD)

EU CAD: behind the smiles

The industry is putting on a brave face when commenting on the latest proposals for the EU Capital Adequacy Directive, but all is not as it seems.

EU CAD: behind the smiles

The industry is putting on a brave face when commenting on the latest proposals for the EU Capital Adequacy Directive, but all is not as it seems.

EU CAD: behind the smiles

The industry is putting on a brave face when commenting on the latest proposals for the EU Capital Adequacy Directive, but all is not as it seems.

EU CAD beta lowered – but only for some

UK and European op risk executives were shocked when a EU Commission official revealed that although the beta for the trading and sales business line would be lowered to 15% from 18% in the EU's Capital Adequacy Directive, this benefit would only be…

EU moves to finalise CAD

With 130 responses to its latest draft of the capital adequacy directive (CAD) now in hand, the EU Commission is looking to make the directive into law.

EU Commission outlines region's Basel II impact

More than 1,000 investment firms and 9,322 banks will implement the EU's capital adequacy directive, according to Patrick Pearson, head of banking and financial conglomerates unit of the internal markets division of the EU Commission.

There can be no more Basel delays, warns Bolkestein

The European Union will not meet its CAD 3 implementation targets if the new Basel II capital Accord is hit by further delays, Frits Bolkestein, internal market and taxation commissioner for the European Commission (EC), warned at a conference today.

Cad text horrifies credit agencies

LONDON - Industry associations and rating agencies are concerned about the regulatory risk implications of new regulations on credit rating agencies inserted into the latest draft of the EU Cad, published in early July.

Emerging adequacy

The Committee of Chief Risk Officers' capital adequacy 'emerging practice' guidelines will, says the capital adequacy committee chair, evolve into a new regulatory body within a year.

Quantitative impact studies will go regional

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision does not plan on conducting further quantitative impact studies (QISs) to explore the effect that the new Basel II framework will have on the international banking industry, according to Patricia Jackson,…

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