Over the years since the first proposed revision of the Basel Accord on Capital Adequacy (Basel II), the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee has criticized the Basel Committee’s proposals ...

The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) today announced preliminary findings from a recent survey of its members regarding Basel II Implementation Risk. The survey of over ...

International bank regulators are conducting at least 17 case studies to prepare for the Basel II capital rules set to take effect in January 2008, according to Nicholas Le Pan, Canada’s top bank ...

Doubts are hovering over the timely implementation of the Basel II capital adequacy mandate in Europe, as the possibility lingers that the European Parliament will fail to clear the ruling smoothly.

This note provides factual updates on material recent developments with respect to the implementation of Basel II in member countries since the circulation of the paper prepared by Fund and World Bank ...

BearingPoint, one of the world's largest business consulting and systems integration firms, has issued a white paper, "Seven Pitfalls In Basel II Operational Risk Implementation," detailing the steps ...

The current financial market turmoil has sparked debates across the globe about the supervision and regulation of the financial services industry. As the Basel II capital framework is implemented ...

For the last eight years the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) has struggled to replace the original Accord on Capital Adequacy (Basel I) with a new Accord (Basel II). At the ...

Do you think Basel II has been given the attention it requires in the US? I think the subprime issue has moved it forward a little more than previously, as regulators were forced to come to a ...

The key findings of Australia’s BASEL II implementation assessment are presented. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) allocated sufficient resources, including highly skilled staff, ...

01 May 2005 The Central Bank of the UAE, while taking steps to implement Basel II, held its third seminar "Disclosure under Basel-II / IFRS" on 26th April 2005. The focus of the seminar was Market ...