In recent weeks the new Basel capital accord has come under fierce attack from opponents who charge that the accord will have serious, unintended consequences. For instance, former FDIC chairman ...

Since Congress passed President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” this summer, strong real-GDP growth has combined with minimal inflation, boosting American prosperity. But one potential misstep ...

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 ...

The most enduring critique of Basel II and III is that they were, to a significant extent, products of regulatory capture. Large, international banks shaped the rules through complex lobbying channels ...

This book is essential reading for any financial practitioner affected by the Basel II accord, including chief financial officers, chief operating officers, chief investment officers, risk managers, ...

The Committee planned to improve the current Basel Accord by aligning banks' regulatory capital requirements more closely to their true economic capital. This approach called for a far greater ...

The Basel III accord’s stated purpose is: This consultative document presents the Basel Committee's proposals to strengthen global capital and liquidity regulations with the goal of promoting a more ...

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Like the unseen rule-master in the British television show Big Brother, the Basel Accord encourages infantile behaviour among its charges. Within the confines of the system, rational, intelligent ...

New capital rules are being written by international regulators to update the 1988 Basel Accord. Here in the U.S. these so-called Basel II rules will take effect in early 2008 and cover only to the ...

Every Mankatoan, Minnesotan and U.S. citizen ought to be concerned about the proposed implementation of Basel III Endgame. This devious accord began being rolled out back in the late 1980s (Basel I at ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...