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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
CFO December 1, 2003 Randy Myers	Basel's New Balance A new accord may soon help banks lend more for less.
CFO October 1, 2007 Rob Garver	One Nation, Left Behind The race to cut compliance-based capital has begun, and U.S. banks are trailing the pack -- badly.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology February 19, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	BMO Looks Beyond Basel II With Reveleus In 2006, with Canada's deadline for Basel II compliance looming, Bank of Montreal sought a solution that would meet its immediate Basel needs - and more.
Wall Street & Technology March 21, 2006 Tim Lind	Counterparty Data Challenge Knowing the total relationship a financial institution has with its customer and its counterparty is key -- but only if the data is trustworthy.
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.
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.
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Wall Street & Technology July 1, 2005 Maria Santos	Top 5 Risk Initiatives Financial institutions have a lot to focus on in the risk department. Here are this year's top five risk initiatives.
Bank Systems & Technology November 29, 2004 Ivan Schneider	Reflections on Risk Leading banks are pursuing new ways to achieve competitive advantage through superior risk management.
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.
Wall Street & Technology November 17, 2003 Jim Middlemiss	A Risky Operation A wave of new regulations is forcing investment-management firms to focus on reducing their operational risk.
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.
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	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.
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.
Wall Street & Technology March 18, 2008 Cory Levine	Lack of Standardization in Data, Reporting to Hinder Basel II Compliance Lack of standardization in the reporting process will be a major hurdle for financial institutions in complying with Basel II requirements.
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Managing Risk No longer solely about complying with regulations and protecting cost centers, risk management is being used by banks as a strategic tool to support product development and revenue-generation strategies. Collecting, storing and analyzing real-time data is the key.
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.
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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 Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Phil Britt	Missed Opportunity Though Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II and revisions in state and federal banking laws continue to increase the time and cost commitment banks must make for compliance, there are ways to mitigate the burdens of regulatory requirements and even improve operations.
Bank Systems & Technology July 5, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	The Buzz on Basel II Banks leverage enterprise management technologies to get head start on compliance.
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.
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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.
U.S. Banker December 2010 Rajiv Shah	Risk Management Beyond Basel III Though the new requirements make sense theoretically, it as not clear how the pulls of capital and liquidity will affect the long-term health of the banking industry, and the economy as a whole.
BusinessWeek April 17, 2008	The Story of Basel II So Far... A chronological look at the Basel II banking accord since its inception in 2004.
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Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2006	Operational Risk Management Goes Global New research suggests that financial services firms across global regions will concentrate much of their spending over the next three years on operational risk management.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology November 30, 2004	Product Showcase: Sibos E-Banking... Risk Management... Payments... etc.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Maria Wakem	Holding the Spending Line Finding ways to control compliance costs has become a high priority for Wall Street CIOs as they realize that more IT dollars diverted toward compliance means fewer IT dollars devoted to clients' needs and company growth.
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.
Wall Street & Technology November 21, 2006 Tim Clark	Market Data Management Mandate Market data content doesn't carry the cachet it once did.
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U.S. Banker September 2005 Thomas W. Killian	Designing an [Optimal ] Capital Structure Nimble capital management can help non-Basel II-adopting banks level the competitive playing field.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Mike McDonough	Centralized and Single-Platform Operations Reduce Overall Trade Finance Risk Banks with centralized operations and banks with all of their operations on a single platform will have a distinct advantage because there is lower operational risk generally associated with these structures.
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U.S. Banker July 2009 Joseph Rosta	Risk Management: Miles to Go Unless regulators ensure that risk management becomes an integral part of banks' corporate culture, from the trading floor to the boardroom, the goal of preventing systemic failure may prove much harder to achieve.