Capital requirements
Basic shortcomings
The Basel regulators have missed their chances with their latest op risk paper, argues Jacques Pézier.
A new role for op risk insurance
As expected, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said in late September that it is prepared to consider a role for insurance in reducing operational risk capital charges proposed under the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord.
Double-counting fears ease as w -factor is removed from Basel II capital charge
BASEL - The so-called w -factor that bankers feared could result in double-counting of op risk under the Basel II bank capital accord will be removed from the capital charge provisions of the accord, global banking regulators said in September.
Advanced measurement approaches
The September working paper on operational risk from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision confirmed that global banking regulators are looking at a range of advanced ways of calculating op risk capital charges instead of a single method.
Pro-cyclicality in the new Basel Accord
Could Basel II worsen recessions? By backtesting the proposed capital rules to the last recession, D. Wilson Ervin and Tom Wilde argue that the increased risk sensitivity of loan portfolio regulatory capital in the new Accord could have unwelcome…
New op risk paper gets cautious welcome, but reservations remain
BASEL - Bankers gave a cautious welcome to the further thinking of global banking regulators on their controversial plans to make internationally active banks set aside capital against op risk under the Basel II banking accord.
Independent collapse highlights Basel II op risk insurance dilemma
LONDON - Some of the concerns of banking regulators about the effectiveness of insurance cover when operational disaster strikes a company could be illustrated by the plight of Independent Insurance, the UK general insurance group that collapsed in June…
Regulatory capital volatility
Basel II
Regulatory capital volatility
When the consultation period ends, what calibration of risk weights will Basel finally decide on? Here, Esa Jokivuolle and Samu Peura demonstrate that the ratings sensitivity of risk weights may require Basel to think more carefully about the…
Basel II could endanger stability if cuts in capital charges are too big, says UK central banker
Financial stability would be endangered if new capital adequacy rules meant large international banks saw a significant cut in the capital they have to set aside against the risks of banking, a senior UK central banker said in April.
Binomial gammas
The Basel II gamma question is vexing minds around the world. Here, concerned UK couple Mr and Mrs J Pézier of Purley, Surrey voice their fears.
Unleashing Asia’s demons
The Basel Committee’s new consultative paper on capital adequacy could wreak havoc with Asia’s domestic banks. The revamped rules will make the shortcomings of their risk management systems all too clear.
Do we need a broader definition of op risk?
A definition of op risk should embrace the linkages with market and credit risk, argues Ken Swenson.
Unleashing Asia's demons
The Basel Committee’s new consultative paper on capital adequacy could wreak havoc with Asia’s domestic banks. The revamped rules will make the shortcomings of their risk management systems all too clear.
EU anticipates critics in its Op Risk charge proposals
While debates still rumble on over the new Basel capital accord, the European Union Commission's capital adequacy rules are prompting another set of arguments.
The Op Risk questions which US banks must answer
US banking regulators want US banks to review and comment on all aspects of the new Basel capital adequacy accord proposed by global banking supervisors. The deadline for receiving comments is May 31, 2001.
A risk-control model for operational risk capital
Basel II's op risk proposals should allow for a simple internal model, argues Tony Blunden in his second article on the new capital adequacy accord.
Basel reform: why the market should decide
The 1988 Basel Accord made bank capital rules more precise. But this did not save the Japanese banking system or slow the erosion of credit intermediation by US banks. Mark Brickell, managing director at JP Morgan in New York, has been an architect of…
Haircuts for hedge funds
Collateral
The maturity offset problem
Regulation
Reconcilable differences
H Ugur Koyluoglu and Andrew Hickman explore the common ground between the new credit risk models and the implications for risk management and regulatory capital reform.