Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Basel Seeks Input on Trading Book Capital Requirements

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is seeking comment on initial policy proposals emerging from the Committee's fundamental review of trading book capital requirements The consultation paper contemplates a revised market risk framework and proposes specific measures intended to improve trading book capital requirements. These proposals also reflect the Committee’s increased focus on achieving a regulatory framework that can be implemented consistently by supervisors and which achieves comparable levels of capital across jurisdictions.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Basel Committee Issues New Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued for consultation its revised Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision. The consultative paper updates the Committee's 2006 Core Principles document as well as the associated Core Principles Methodology, merging the two into a single comprehensive document. The revised set of twenty-nine Core Principles have also been reorganized to foster their implementation through a more logical structure, highlighting the difference between what supervisors do themselves and what they expect banks to do.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Basel Committee Issues FAQ on Counterparty Credit Risk Rules

Author: David Schwartz J.D. CPA
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued a Frequently Asked Questions document providing technical elaboration on its counterparty credit risk rules, published in June. This FAQ document questions and technical interpretations grouped according to the relevant paragraphs of the rules, in particular, default counterparty credit risk charge, and the credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capital charge, and asset value correlations.
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