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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Capital matters to most corporations in free markets, but there are differences. Companies in non-financial industries need equity capital mainly to support funding to buy property and to build or ...

As the debt crisis in Europe continues to wreak havoc on the global economy, the world's biggest banks have been in ardent preparation for the latest round of Basel rules. These new rules which are ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Basel II creates perverse incentives to underestimate credit risk. Says Harald Benink and George Kaufman, ...

The central bank's recognition of SeABank as having achieved Basel II norms reflects its capacity to manage credit, market, operational, and other risks. The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) conferred the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Basel II banking regulations are sooooo boring. But Basel II’s effects on securitisation are fascinating, right ...