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FDIC FYI January 14, 2003	Basel and the Evolution of Capital Regulation: Moving Forward, Looking Back How much capital is enough? How bank regulators have answered this question during the post World War II period has been shaped by two contending strands of thought.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2008	The Lowdown on Basel II Its No. 1 goal is to smooth out financial crises, and its main method is fine-tuning banks' capital requirements.
Bank Technology News June 2003 Karen Krebsbach	Basel II: Burden Or Opportunity? Savvy banks know the price is worth it: Banks that embrace rather than resist Basel II, the mammoth proposal designed to control operational and credit risk, will claim a greater competitive advantage in the marketplace, say technology analysts.
CFO March 1, 2007 Rob Garver	Nothing to Bank On Bank executives will undoubtedly spend much of the next year assessing the likelihood and impact of new rules, while at the same time trying to keep earnings growth on its upward trend.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Phil Britt	Comprehensive Controls The better control a bank has on its risk exposure, the better its opportunity for profitability. Still, many financial institutions continue to struggle to establish enterprisewide risk management controls that provide a true picture of risk across the organization.
eCFO April 2001 Adam Lincoln	Basel Faulty Managers at some smaller companies complain that Basel II will lower adequacy ratios on loads to healthy corporations but will raise the bar on loans to less-sound businesses...
Wall Street & Technology May 25, 2005 Maria Santos	Risky Business By formally introducing operational risk into risk management and capital calculation, Basel II is moving top-tier financial institutions to clearly identify, measure and report information related to operational risk.
FDIC FYI April 21, 2003	Risk-Based Capital Requirements for Commercial Lending: The Impact of Basel II The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the mechanics of the Basel II risk-based capital calculation for commercial credit exposures, and to present evidence on the impact of the new calculations on capital requirements for syndicated loans.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Cem Karacadag & Michael W. Taylor	Toward a New Global Banking Standard: The Basel Committee's Proposals The Basel Committee's new capital framework proposals will have important implications for developed and developing countries alike. Although many details remain to be worked out, it is not too early for countries to start preparing for the proposals' implementation.
Bank Systems & Technology October 6, 2006 Nancy Feig	Basel II Drives ERM The consensus among bankers and experts is that Basel II is the driving force behind enterprise risk management.
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Nancy Feig	Banks Make Headway Towards Basel II While international banks have made considerable progress toward complying with the provisions of Basel II, US banks still are waiting for the final rules. But that isn't keeping them from reexamining their risk management technologies.
OCC Bulletin September 25, 2006	Proposed Revisions to (1) Risk- Based Capital Rule Implementing the new Basel Capital Accord and (2) Market Risk Rule This bulletin briefly summarizes two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking. The first NPR would implement new risk-based capital requirements for large or internationally active U.S. banking organizations. The second NPR proposes changes to the current risk-based capital charge for market risk.
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Ben Johnson	Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns.
CFO March 1, 2005 Tim Reason	A Love-Hate Relationship Banks and their customers have grown closer to, and more wary of, each other.
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Bank Systems & Technology December 19, 2007 Nancy Feig	Major Canadian Banks Become Basel II Compliant IT vendors that helped major Canadian banks achieve Basal II compliance are passing on their knowledge to smaller Canadian and US banks.
Bank Systems & Technology November 29, 2004 Ivan Schneider	The Calculus of Basel II Basel rules allow banks to choose how granular they want to get.
Wall Street & Technology September 23, 2005	Basel II Falls Flat Despite increased efforts, banks are less certain about the benefits of Basel II compliance, according to a recent survey.
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 David Fairlamb	Banks Put The Squeeze On Euro-Zone Growth Cautious lenders are keeping interest rates up -- and making loans harder to get. That could stall an already slow recovery
Bank Systems & Technology September 15, 2010 Penny Crosman	Top 7 Ways Basel III Affects U.S. Banks and Their IT Departments New capital rules will drive banks to use new risk models and perform data integration projects.
Wall Street & Technology September 21, 2004 Paul Allen	Basel II: Coming to America Now that the Basel II Accord will apply to the U.S. securities industry, some firms are playing catch-up.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Maria Bruno-Britz	Standard Jumps on Standards Johannesburg-based Standard Bank chose SunGard's Capital Manager for Basel II solution for its Basel II compliance and capital management needs.
InternetNews March 15, 2004 Clint Boulton	IBM Package Looks to Stop Risky Business Package geared to cut down on credit risks in banks, according to European Basel II regulations.
Bank Systems & Technology July 5, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	The Buzz on Basel II Banks leverage enterprise management technologies to get head start on compliance.
U.S. Banker August 2010 Donna Alexander	Is This Any Way to Stimulate Global Trade? The Basel Committee's proposal to raise capital requirements for trade-finance instruments could force banks to scale back lending.
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Bank Technology News May 2007	The Six Regulatory Areas That Are Altering Bank Life Regulation is a part of bank life. Failure to comply shouldn't be.
FDIC FYI December 8, 2003	Estimating the Capital Impact of Basel II in the United States We use 19 years of financial data from all FDIC-insured commercial banks to develop a range of values for the key Basel II risk parameters that banks might be expected to use over time. This allows us to estimate average capital requirements under the A-IRB approach under a range of economic conditions.
Bank Systems & Technology March 29, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Hidden Opportunity In preparation for a 2008 deadline, banks are starting to buckle down and initiate their Basel II strategies. With the purchase of a credit risk product from Reveleus, an i-flex solutions company, Wells Fargo is among the financial institutions readying itself for the new regulation.
OCC Bulletin August 4, 2003	Proposed Revisions to Risk-Based Capital Implementing the new Basel Capital Accord This bulletin briefly summarizes the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) and Supervisory Guidance developed for corporate credit risk and operational risk that were published today in the Federal Register.
OCC Bulletin December 28, 2006	Risk-Based Capital: Domestic Capital Modifications This Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is applicable to banking organizations that are not subject to the Basel II NPR that was separately proposed on September 25, 2006.
FDIC FYI February 21, 2002	Business Credit Flowing Despite Recession Business credit is more plentiful in this recession than in any other recessionary episode since the early 1970s, according to an FDIC report released today...
FDIC FYI November 26, 2002	Quarterly Banking Profile Commercial Banking Performance, Third Quarter 2002 Gains on securities sales keep earnings near record level... Weakness in overseas operations limits industry profits... Margins improve at community banks, decline at larger institutions... Strong mortgage demand fuels growth in loans... Asset-quality problems continue to grow at large banks
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Wim Fonteyne	EU: From Monetary to Financial Union The choice is not between a centralized and a decentralized framework, but about the degree of centralization that will give Europe the best tools to manage risks to its financial stability without impeding the integration process itself.
Bank Systems & Technology May 24, 2007 Nancy Feig	Basel II's Three Pillars of Compliace While the minutiae of the supervisory regulations issued for Basel II by the Bank for International Settlements is as drawn out as its official name, there are three simple points around which the accord is based.
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FDIC FYI July 30, 2002	The Rise of Risk Management: Basel and Beyond This article outlines the agenda of a symposium on bank risk management systems, including their performance, the challenges posed by the new Basel Capital Accord, and the issues raised by the move toward risk management-based bank regulation.
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