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India Risk - Basel II
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Turkish financial authority expected to decide on Basel delay in days
The Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, which oversees the Turkish finance industry, will decide over the coming days whether to delay Basel II implementation, according to Ergun Özen, general manager of Garanti Bank, one of the jurisdiction’s…
Basel Committee head credits framework with resilience
Nout Wellink, chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and chief of the Netherlands’ central bank, said that Basel II has helped both financial institutions and systems become more resilient.
First Gulf Bank selects SunGard for Basel II compliance
UAE-based First Gulf Bank will use technology company SunGard’s BancWare software for Basel II compliance, regulatory capital calculation, asset/liability management, and to assess balance sheet interest and foreign exchange risk.
In the shadows
Booming over-the-counter derivatives markets may be generating huge revenues for dealers, but they are also casting a worrying shadow over trading book profits in the form of counterparty credit risk. Are contingent credit default swaps the answer?
Cross-border confusion
Europe's internationally active banks have until the end of this year to be fully compliant with the new Basel capital Accord, but a lack of clarity on cross-border implementation continues to cause major problems
Basel II forces more hedge-fund transparency in Japan
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Basel II forces more hedge-fund transparency in Japan
The hedge fund industry is disclosing strategy in a bid to appeal to Japanese investors scared off by Basel II regulation, according to an official at Japan’s Financial Services Authority (FSA).
Software company makes Basel programme sharia-compliant
Quadrant, a software company, will extend its Basel II Pillar 1 compliance package to cover sharia.
Philippines assesses policies to improve bank risk management
Philippines discussed Basel II implementation
Australia releases draft standards on Basel II
Oz regulator fine-tunes Basel standards
US “undermining” Basel II process
IIF vice-president concerned at “damaging” American approach
FSA publishes Pillar II assessment framework
FSA is first EU state to release Pillar II assessment framework
FSA releases Basel Pillar 2 assessment criteria
UK regulator first in world to provide firms with such guidance
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Basel II
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Profile
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Counterparty Credit Risk
Spreading the risk
Operational risk
Cross-border confusion
Basel II