Improved risk management is the most important aspect for Asia of the Basel II framework, and moving forward gradually and properly is key to its successful implementation. A seminar on Challenges and ...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published a joint statement with the Basel Consultative Group on the proportionality of the implementation of the Basel Framework by the banks and ...

A healthy banking system is essential for the lives of all EU citizens and for the stability and prosperity of the European economy. Since the 2007–2008 financial crisis, European and international ...

Even banks with strong capital ratios may fail as a result of the sudden failure of a counterparty or group of connected counterparties. To address this risk and to complement the now near-final Basel ...

The second axis of the regulatory framework is based on internal controls and supervisory review. It required banks to have internal systems and models to evaluate their capital requirements in ...

The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS) approved today the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision’s revisions to the market risk framework. The Basel Committee (BCBS) ...

Editor’s note: A version of this post previously appeared on FinRegRag, a blog by the scholars of the Mercatus Center Program on Financial Regulation. During the last 10 years, we’ve lived through a ...

MANILA, Philippines - The implementation of the revised risk framework of Basel II is expected to result in an estimated increase in market risk capital by three or four times from its present levels ...

BASEL - A report entitled Enhancements to the Basel II framework, which outlines measures to strengthen capital requirements regulation, has emerged from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published for a comment a series of proposed changes to the Basel II capital adequacy framework designed to strengthen the supervisory environment for ...