Basel II is a complex new standard for measuring risk in financial services firms that has been published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, which is a committee of the Bank for ...

Capital adequacy requirements are the rules that help bank supervisors determine whether banks hold sufficient capital at all times to meet unexpected losses. The New Capital Adequacy Framework ...

During the next two to three years, major financial institutions that must meet the New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) guidelines must work to ensure that they have the appropriate IT infrastructure ...

Basel II is an international capital measurement system. The official name for this system is the ‘International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards – a revised framework’. The ...

Released in 2004, Basel II is a pivotal banking regulation framework by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. It strengthens the principles of Basel I by setting comprehensive guidelines for ...

Basel II, the new capital standard, is expected to be released by June 2004, for implementation starting in January 2007 in G-10 countries. The drafting and public consultation process has been ...