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GAO Releases Transcript of Testimony Regarding Report on Buildup of Leverage Before Financial Crisis
12 May 2010, 12:35 pm
Brown noted that the planned U.S. implementation of Basel II would increase reliance on risk models for determining capital needs for certain large institutions. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 10:07 am
Here's the abstract:Among the myriad of institutions involved in the reshaping of the international financial system, several standard-setting bodies (the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the International Organization of Securities Commissions and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors) present the distinctive feature of being comprised of national independent regulatory authorities. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 1:36 pm
Mar 25: According to a release from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 7:40 am
The Basel Committee is supposed to be about harmonizing banking regulatory standards for cross-border institutions (or otherwise dealing with such behemoths), but it seems to find a way to get involved an array of tangents in the pursuit of its original mission. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 2:26 pm
This would require major changes to national legal frameworks and a harmonization of national rules governing cross-border crisis resolution, including rules on core issues such as a avoidance powers, netting of derivative contractsAt the very least, said Basel, the global nature of many financial institutions requires close cooperation among national authorities. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 5:32 pm
This Article examines one financial regulatory reform - the recent trend of incorporating proprietary internal risk models in capital adequacy regulatory systems, most prominently the “Basel II” regime - and explains why it should be considered a so-called “new governance” technique aiming to bridge information asymmetries resulting from increasing complexity of regulated financial institutions. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 8:16 pm
He serves on various Governance, Risk, Operation and Strategic Committees of the Group. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 6:05 am
The concern rests on an assumption that we cannot permit certain large and interconnected financial institutions to fail because such failure would trigger a chain reaction of other financial institution failures, with disruption to the entire economy. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 7:21 am
Already, regulated financial institutions are required to maintain particular capital ratios, under both Basel II accords and FDIC/ Treasury/ OCC rules – and these, in turn, are tied directly to the assets on their balance sheets, as valued under FAS 157 or otherwise. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 6:19 am
Rodgin Cohen is a partner and chairman of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP focusing on acquisition, corporate governance, regulatory and securities law matters. [read post]
24 Dec 2009, 6:31 am
For example, in the area of capital adequacy rules, Professor Scott considers the Basel rules as adopted in the US, noting regulators’ insistence on US-specific modifications to Basel I. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 4:07 pm
Badly designed and applied capital adequacy standards from Basel - As ineffective as these were, it's worth noting that left to their own devices, banks give the impression that they would lever up much, much more than Basel permitted. [read post]
19 Nov 2009, 6:26 am
It should be based on the rules governing creditors’ rights contained in the Bankruptcy Code. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 4:23 pm
Rating agencies essentially enjoy a government regulation-created oligopoly that will be difficult to undo. [read post]
17 Nov 2009, 4:23 pm
Rating agencies essentially enjoy a government regulation-created oligopoly that will be difficult to undo. [read post]
22 Oct 2009, 1:50 pm
With Basel II, that was a move thought to benefit big banks, but it looks - though the proof is in the pudding - like the compensation review proposed today is more onerous for large institution, though it is designed in a way that looks a bit like government-sponsored cartellization (which might be good for large institutions looking to cap the pay of their employees, etc). [read post]
21 Oct 2009, 6:04 am
Many others, including governments, academics, and international organizations such as the G-20, the IMF, the Financial Stability Board and the Basel Committee also have these matters under review. [read post]
24 Sep 2009, 5:12 pm
Anne Peters, Lucy Koechlin, Till Förster, & Gretta Fenner Zinkernagel (all, Basel Institute on Governance) have published Non-State Actors as Standard Setters (Cambridge Univ. [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 6:15 am
Based on recent experience in the federal government with such large scale agency reorganizations, the proposed regulatory and supervisory consolidation, directly impacting the thousands of line examiners and their leadership, would involve years of career uncertainty and depressed staff morale. [read post]
5 Jul 2009, 10:00 pm
This "Asset Search News Roundup" concentrates on the International Centre For Asset Recovery ("ICAR"), which is part of the Basel Institute on Governance. [read post]
