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Supplement: Capital Strategies For Banks - Let's Get To Work - Tom De Swaan, Chief Financial Officer At ABN AMRO, Tells Jules Stewart What Basel II And IAS Will Bring To The Finance Industry And Why It's Time To Get Moving On Implementation.(Interview)
Q: What do you see as the challenges for ABN AMRO arising from Basel II and IAS 39? Q: What do you see as the challenges for ABN AMRO arising from Basel II and IAS 39?
Tags: ABN AMRO, bank, Basel II, finance, strategy
Research articles 2004-02-01
Applying Robust Methods to Operational Risk Modeling
In 2001, the Basel Committee of the Bank of International Settlements BIS released new regulatory guidelines on operational risk that have been finalized in 2004, BIS (2004). Since then, the financial industry has been directing substantial effort into developing qualitative and quantitative framework for the operational risk management. Several books...
Tags: Basel II, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Management, Modeling, Regulations, Research & Development, Sarbanes-Oxley, Strategy, University Of California
White papers 2005-12-31
Controlling the Cost of Change
It is no exaggeration to say that many organisations today find themselves in a quasi-permanent state of upheaval, whether as a result of Business Process Outsourcing BPO, changing customer preferences, mergers or acquisitions, or the increasing burden of regulation and compliance, as evinced by the approval of the Basel II...
Tags: Cymagi, Basel II, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Outsourcing, Operational Planning, It Services, Financial Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Government, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-12-01
Whose Capital Is It Anyway?
Regulators are worried about capital to cover unexpected losses, investors are worried about expected returns on their capital: both are demanding greater disclosure from the banks. Basel II intends to use the investors' perspective and market discipline to enforce better capital management. The challenge for the banks is to turn...
Tags: Bank, Capital, Investor, Basel II, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2002-06-01
The HP Enterprise Risk Management Solution
This paper explains HP Enterprise Risk Management Solution, a pre-integrated, prepackaged solution including a comprehensive physical data model, a high-performance database server, and consulting and implementation services. This turnkey solution enables ready access to the often disparate, enterprise-wide information that financial institutions need in order to meet Basel II requirements....
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Risk Management, Basel II, Enterprise Risk Management, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Business Security, Business Operations, Finance, Management
White papers 2006-11-01
Enterprise Risk Management And Improved Shareholder Value
The intent of this paper is to raise awareness of enterprise risk management as a strategy for complying with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and also for improving shareholder value based on improved performance. These two objectives have converged with previously unconnected initiatives driven by Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations of...
Tags: Shareholder, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Enterprise Risk Management, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Basel II, Business Security, Business Operations, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Financial Services
White papers 2006-09-05
Responding To The Demand For High-Quality Data In Financial Services
Tightening regulatory environments in recent years - including strict policies found in the Basel II Accord, MiFID, Anti-Money Laundering, Sarbanes-Oxley and local legislation - have given financial institutions significant incentive to invest in largescale data integration programs as part of their risk management strategies. This increasing array of rules and...
Tags: Asset, Financial Service, Accenture Ltd., Compliance, Basel II, Asset Management, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance
White papers 2008-07-04
Credit Suisse Group Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator We will now begin the question-and-answer session. Operator Instructions. The first question is from Mr. Jon Peace, Lehman Brothers. Please go ahead, sir. Jon Peace - Lehman Brothers Yes, morning. I had two questions, please. The first one is just on your balance sheet exposures and your...
Tags: Balance Sheets, Basel II, Call Transcript, Credit Suisse Group AG, Dividend, Earnings, Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Financial Statements, Question, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2007-11-01
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Q2 2009 (Qtr End 06/26/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Guy Moszkowski - BAS-ML Guy Moszkowski - BAS-ML First one very factual question, what was your risk weighted assets at the end of the quarter. David Viniar Our risk weighted assets...
Tags: Asset, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Risk, Cycle, Call Transcript, Earnings, Asset Management, Balance Sheets, Basel II, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Financial Services, Management, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-07-14
A Business Guidance Document
Effective implementation of the Basel II Accord has clear benefits for the financial services sector, including capital requirements, improved risk management, more efficient operations and higher revenues. This document has been produced to help financial service institutions and their IT providers successfully comply with, and benefit from, the requirements. For...
Tags: Financial Service, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Basel II, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2002-01-01
Technology Solutions Emerging for Operational Risk Management
Companies are increasingly looking to technology to pull the data together and help to produce all-inclusive and meaningful compliance reporting for both senior management and the board as well as line management. Governance initiatives like SOX and Basel II are helping ensure development and mainstream adoption of these new compliance...
Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, Compliance, Risk Management, Basel II, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
White papers 2005-03-10
Comply and Exceed - Credit Risk Management for Basel II and Beyond
The history of risk management has been one of making tacit knowledge explicit and of validating expert judgments with quantitative analysis. In short, decision making in the presence of risk has become a more and more rational task. This white paper discusses the nature of business risk, from credit risk...
Tags: Risk, Credit Risk Management, Risk Management, Basel II, Strategy, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Security, Management, Finance
White papers 2002-10-21
How Compliance Has Changed the Finance Department - Forever
Finance departments have amassed huge amounts of data to address mandates such as Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II. Finance may breathe a sigh of relief that this data will allow it to meet compliance requirements, but it is a mistake to simply 'check the boxes'. The paper outlines that today, principally...
Tags: Compliance, Basel II, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2005-02-08
Integrating Operational Risk Into an RAPM Framework
Realizing the long-term nature of the Basel II initiative, forward-looking banks are embarking on initiatives to develop sophisticated risk management capabilities. Many banks had an explicit long-term objective of achieving 'bank-wide risk consciousness' by implementing Risk Adjusted Performance Measures RAPM across all areas within the financial institution. However, with Operational...
Tags: Bank, Risk Management, Basel II, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management
White papers 2004-04-24
Sound Practices for Loan Accounting and Disclosure
An overview of sound practices for loan accounting and disclosure. This white paper covers the selection and application of appropriate accounting policies, implementing an effective system to monitor credit risk and more. The practices and methodologies propounded in this paper are relevant to banks looking to comply with Basel II...
Tags: Accounting, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Basel II, Finance
White papers 2004-04-24
Will the Proposed Application of Basel II in the United States Encourage Increased Bank Merger Activity? Evidence From Past Merger Activity
This paper presents two tests of the hypothesis that adoption of the internal ratings-based approach to determining minimum capital requirements, as proposed in applying the Basel II capital accord in the United States, will cause adopting banking organizations to increase acquisition activity. The first test estimates the relationship between excess...
Tags: Bank, Merger, Federal Reserve Board, Merger Activity, Basel II, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Investment, Finance
White papers 2004-02-18
Global Reactions to BASEL II
According to the report IIF also points to major unresolved issues in Basel II, as well as to regulations in the Accord that need streamlining, despite the Basel Committee's wish to come to a final agreement on the Accord by the end of the year. For example, the IIF points...
Tags: Risk Management, Securities Industry Association, Basel II, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Security, Finance, Management
White papers 2003-08-21
Sizing Operational Risk And The Effect Of Insurance: Implications For The Basel II Capital Accord
This paper addresses the issue of regulatory capital for Operational Risk, focusing on the BIS proposals for banking organizations. It is organized into four parts followed by a conclusion. Part A looks at how a financial firm should determine how much Operational Risk to hold. Part B examines how the...
Tags: Risk, Harvard Knowledgebase, Basel II, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management
White papers 2002-06-18
The Basel II Accord: What Does it Mean for the North American Leasing Market?
This white paper will provide insight into potential impacts of Basel II on the Equipment Leasing Industry in North America. Within this context, this paper will examine the rationale behind both Basel Accords, highlight the major differences between them and provide an overview of the rules framework. The Basel Accord...
Tags: Basel Accord, Basel II, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2003-10-29
Credit Risk Measurement Under Basel II: An Overview and Implementation Issues for Developing Countries
The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the changes in the calculation of minimum regulatory capital requirements for credit risk that have been drafted by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Basel II. Even though the revised credit capital rules represent a dramatic change compared to...
Tags: Developing Country, World Bank Group, Credit Risk, Basel II, Free Trade, Financial Services, Finance
White papers 2005-04-01
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