Basel II has been heavily criticized for increasing the effect of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
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There is also plenty of information about Basel II on the website of the Bank for International Settlements.
Gorman may be thinking about saving the cash in order to meet capital ratios set by the upcoming Basel II standards.
U. wanted foreign subsidiaries of U.S. investment banks to follow Basel II and wanted their parent holding companies to be regulated.
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Basel II left the minimum capital requirements at 8% of risk-weighted assets.
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The new capital standards, called Basel II, will lower the capital requirements for commercial banks, making them more in line with those governing the brokers.
Do you start seriously complying with Basel II requirements now or do you wait until the music stops and there is a definitive policy established?
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Adopting Basel II requirements early is proving to be an uncompetitive move as pricing on lending is being forced up, and return for savers forced down.
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From a text book perspective, Basel III requires banks to hold 4.5% of common equity, Basel II requires 6% of Tier I capital of risk-weighted assets.
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It was back in 2004 in response to tough Basel II requirements that had just come out that we first glimpsed the mother of all modeling nightmares.
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Basel II was initiated in 2004 and expanded capital requirements to include tenets to maintain consistency of banking regulations globally in respect to risk and capital management procedures.
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There are currently three accords, Basel I, Basel II, and Basel III being the most recent and pertinent, the latter being agreed upon following the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
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You do wonder what other horrors this will bring out of the woodwork in those banks which are still trying to work out how to sell half their business and avoid becoming a basket case, let alone changing systems, credit procedures and pricing models that are needed under Basel II.
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