The set of risk management regulations that are currently gaining steam globally, the Basel II standards, are increasingly falling under critical eyes as the system gains worldwide support. The ...

The Basel Accords established capital requirements and risk measurements for global banks. The Basel Accords are a series of three sequential banking regulation agreements (Basel I, II, and III) set ...

The current credit crisis threatens to undermine the three pillars of Basel II, with serious implications for those charged with compliance. Basel II’s intent is to “ensure capital allocation is more ...

Basel II is a set of international banking regulations first released in 2004 by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. It expanded the rules for minimum capital requirements established under ...

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A healthy debate is evolving over the precise shape that Basel II capital requirements should take in the United States. This is a serious matter and it is a mark of distinction in our great ...