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Basel cuts op risk charge benchmark to 12%
Global banking regulators will base their proposed capital charge for operational risk on a 12% benchmark, down from the controversial 20% originally proposed.
ABI to run op risk database next year
The Italian Banks Association (ABI) will have a fully functional operational loss database supported by information from Italy's largest banks by the second half of next year.
Basel scraps 'w' charge from pillar 1
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has reacted to strong industry criticism of its controversial 'w' charge by scrapping it from pillar 1, regulatory capital, of its proposed new regulatory capital requirements – Basel II. It will now be included…
Basel regulators put op risk charge below 15%
Global banking regulators will cut to below 15% from 20% the benchmark figure on which they intend basing the controversial operational risk capital charge they propose for large international banks from 2005.
Rolfe & Nolan removes Lodge as CEO
UK derivatives systems vendor Rolfe & Nolan has ousted its chief executive officer, John Lodge, as part of an effort to boost confidence among its customers and shareholders. The company, which has seen its share price plunge over the past two years,…
Rating agencies to keep an eye on the banking sector
The world’s three key rating agencies have released statements about the possible repercussions on the banking sector of last week’s tragic attacks in New York. Moody’s said it is not contemplating any immediate rating downgrades for European banks…
Fed arranges swap deals to smooth liquidity
The US Federal Reserve has agreed temporary swap arrangements with the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada designed to help international banks meet any shortfall of dollars needed to settle market positions created by…
S&P affirms ‘AAA’ ratings on US clearings
The US's central securities depository, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), and three clearing bodies, the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) and the Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC), have…
Europe’s electricity markets hamstrung by mergers
Competition in the European power markets is being hampered by the spate of consolidation in the sector, according to research by Reinhard Haas and Hans Auer of the Vienna University of Technology, presented at Energy & Power Risk Management magazine’s…
Bernstein admits change of heart at ARS conference
Peter Bernstein, author of “Against the Gods”, the best-selling book on the history of risk, now says he “got the point all wrong” in the book. Bernstein, giving the keynote address at Risk magazine’s Alternative Risk Strategies 2001 conference in New…
Isda says more work needed on accounting standard
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) has filed comments on the draft standard “Financial Instruments and Similar Items”, proposed by the Joint Working Group of Standard Setters (JWG).
Bankers arrive in NYC for Alternative Risk Strategies event
Bankers have started arriving in New York ahead of Risk magazine’s inaugural alternative risk conference in North America, Alternative Risk Strategies 2001 USA, which aims to provide a comprehensive analysis on the convergence of capital and insurance…
Jospin raises the spectre of Tobin
French prime minister Lionel Jospin has resurrected the debate over the Tobin tax – a tax on international capital flows designed to discourage short-term currency speculation – by publicly supporting the concept in an address to the French nation.
Basel issues best practice in audit function
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued a best practice paper on the need for co-ordination between banks, their internal and external auditors, and supervisors that highlights the responsibility board directors have with regard to risk…
apsWire expands board, gains regulatory go-ahead
OTC derivatives dealing platform SwapsWire will expand its board of directors from nine to 13, with shareholders Bank of America, Credit Agricole Indosuez and Lehman Brothers gaining board representation along with chief executive Andrew Brown.
Macquarie and Aquila link to offer Australian weather hedges
Australia's leading investment bank has signed up with the US' Aquila to market weather derivatives in Australia and New Zealand.
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