Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)

Banks urge pro-cyclicality review

The subprime crisis has sparked fears that regulators may insist on banks holding higher regulatory capital, a result some bankers insist would choke off lending and push the global economy into a recession.

Does Basel II add up?

Are there inconsistencies in the standardised and advanced measurement approaches of the Basel II regulatory framework? Andreas Jobst considers the evidence

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

Bonds and... bondage

When I lived in New York City – for most of my 20s – I remember a Thai dinner with a university friend who moaned about the demise of her most recent relationship. Her complaint, oddly enough, was not that her boyfriend had cheated on her. She was…

Caruana to join IMF

Jaime Caruana, chairman of the Basel Committee and head of the Bank of Spain until July 1, is to head a new department covering financial, capital market and monetary affairs at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. The appointment begins…

Basel exec blasts home-host banks

NEW YORK – A Basel Committee executive blasted banks for not fully committing to their home-host projects and for using potential home-host difficulties as an excuse for not implementing Basel II as aggressively as they should.

US Basel II gone AWOL

Well, has Basel II finally ridden off the rails in the US? This seems to be the case. The inclusion of a new study on Basel II, to be conducted by the General Accounting Office, does rather seem to threaten the timetable that the US regulators announced…

Basel spotlights home-host and EL issues

Basel, Switzerland – The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released two documents in late November, to provide the financial services industry with some additional clarity on both the home-host issue and the treatment of expected losses under the…

Apra exec defends modifications

SINGAPORE – An executive from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (Apra) defended the supervisor's decision to dramatically modify its approach to the Basel II standardised approach in a discussion paper released at the end of July.

Basel Committee issues corp gov guidelines

BASEL, SWITZERLAND – The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued sound corporate governance guidelines for banking organisations. The guidelines, open for public comment until October 31, are to supersede similar principles it issued in 1999.

BIS issues corporate governance paper

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued sound corporate governance guidelines for banking organisations. The guidelines, open for public comment until October 31, are to supersede similar principles issued in 1999 by the Committee.