WASHINGTON — After years of concerns that the Basel II accord would lead to drastic capital drops, a study has found that the largest domestic banks may find themselves hoarding more capital ...

Now in its second edition, this bestselling handbook has been fully updated and expanded in light of important changes to the new Basel II Accord such as: the asset classes required under Pillar 1, ...

Two crucial inputs into Pillar 1 (Minimum Capital Requirements) of the proposed Basel II Framework for the International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards have, if not gone ...

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision meets on Dec. 8-9 to decide on a far-reaching package of reforms that will force banks across the world to hold more capital and ...

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said he might be open to backing the agency's Basel II endgame capital proposal — which he and Gov. Michelle Bowman voted against when it was proposed — if ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This Technical Assistance Report on Zimbabwe discusses the Financial Sector Stability Review follow-up technical assistance ...

Controversies over too-big-to-fail financial institutions continue to mount. The Basel Accords represent the latest effort to ease risk and restore confidence, as this Backgrounder explains. The ...