Pillar 1

• Basel Committee

QIS 3 suggests Basel II op risk charges and insurance role

BASEL - The third Basel II quantitative impact study, or QIS 3, brings bankers up to date with the latest thinking of global banking regulators on the treatment of operational risk under the complex Basel II bank protective capital accord.

• 16 Oct 2002

• Risk management

No op risk surprises in QIS 3

BASEL - Some 265 banks in more than 50 countries were absorbing the contents of the key QIS 3 survey, which seeks information on how the complex Basel II capital pact would affect them, as Operational Risk went to press.

• 14 Oct 2002