International bank regulators are conducting at least 17 case studies to prepare for the Basel II capital rules set to take effect in January 2008, according to Nicholas Le Pan, Canada’s top bank ...

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will begin implementing the revised framework of Basel II in January 2012 after successfully finalising the action plan. Central bank governor Gideon Gono ...

This note provides factual updates on material recent developments with respect to the implementation of Basel II in member countries since the circulation of the paper prepared by Fund and World Bank ...

Over the years since the first proposed revision of the Basel Accord on Capital Adequacy (Basel II), the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee has criticized the Basel Committee’s proposals ...

The Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) today announced preliminary findings from a recent survey of its members regarding Basel II Implementation Risk. The survey of over ...

In December, the Banco Central do Brasil published preliminary guidance for its banks to implement Basel II, the global capital adequacy framework that aims to more accurately align banks’ capital ...

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 ...

BASEL - The Financial Stability Institute (FSI), part of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which hosts the Basel Committee, has issued the results of its 2008 survey into the international ...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand today announced that it will allow both the "Internal Ratings Based" and "Advanced Measurement" Approaches in the implementation of the Basel II capital framework in ...

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says that the implementation of the Basel II capital adequacy regime for global banks is a good thing, but it will make comparisons between banks trickier. In a new ...

International bank regulators are conducting at least 17 case studies to prepare for the Basel II capital rules set to take effect in January 2008, according to Nicholas Le Pan, Canada’s top bank ...