The set of risk management regulations that are currently gaining steam globally, the Basel II standards, are increasingly falling under critical eyes as the system gains worldwide support. The ...

Regulators said they have reduced to hundreds from thousands the items of information that will be required from banks under the third pillar of Basel II. Pillar 3 will require banks to reveal more ...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has published an overview report on the Pillar 2 supervisory review process and on the different practices that regulators and legislators in Basel member ...

WASHINGTON — As problems in the subprime mortgage market continue to unfold, the already complicated process of implementing the proposed Basel II capital rule could grow more so. Key features of ...

The Basel Accords established capital requirements and risk measurements for global banks. The Basel Accords are a series of three sequential banking regulation agreements (Basel I, II, and III) set ...

HANOI, Vietnam, July 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank - Vietnam) held an announcement ceremony of the completion of the second pillar of Basel II - Internal ...

Capital matters to most corporations in free markets, but there are differences. Companies in non-financial industries need equity capital mainly to support funding to buy property and to build or ...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will embrace its expanded membership during the coming month. New members include Argentina, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and ...

Basel-II has already stepped into India with foreign banks operating in the country and Indian banks operating abroad complying with its provisions since March, 2008. Other Indian banks are poised to ...

Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has become the first bank in Viet Nam to complete the three pillars of Basel II, which are minimum capital, supervisory review and market discipline. Vietnam ...