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 ...

Incorporating Basel II Requirements Into an IT Corporate Governance Framework: Part 2 - The Services Dimension Many major financial institutions are working to meet New Basel Capital Accord (Basel II) ...

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 ...

Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or ...

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 ...

The world’s top bankers and banking regulators have signed of on a new capital-adequacy framework for global banks known as Basel II. But many of the world’s largest banks see significant challenges ...

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 ...

The current credit crisis threatens to undermine the three pillars of Basel II, with serious implications for those charged with compliance. Basel II’s intent is to “ensure capital allocation is more ...

14 December 2004 MANAMA - Islamic banks and financial institutions are adequately adaptive to the latest Basel II Accord new framework including supervisory review process and market discipline, said ...

WASHINGTON International bank regulators finalized changes Thursday that will greatly diminish the role of external ratings agencies in weighting the risk of securitized assets in capital requirements ...