Basel II White Papers

FREE MEMBERSHIP - Create your personalized Bitpipe Service!

May 25, 2013

Business of Information Technology > Business Management > Financial Management >
Basel II
ALSO CALLED: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, New Basel Capital Accord, Basel Capital Accord, Basel 2 DEFINITION: Basel II is an international business standard that requires financial institutions to maintain enough cash reserves to cover risks incurred by operations. The Basel accords are a series of recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BSBS). The name for the accords is derived from Basel, Switzerland, where the committee that maintains the accords … Definition continues below.
Basel II White Papers (View All Report Types)
2 Matches

Algorithmics and IBM Platform Computing Solution for Financial Markets sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how spreading the computational demands of advanced risk analytics across a grid computing environment enables today's banks to cost-effectively perform risk simulations for their largest trading counterparties in a few minutes, comply with post-crisis regulations such as Basel III, and much more. Posted: 03 Dec 2012 \| Published: 31 May 2012 TOPICS: Basel II \| Financial Industry Organizations \| Grid Computing \| Parallel Processing \| Real-time Analytics \| Regulatory Compliance \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management

Laws, regulations and compliance: Top tips for keeping your data under your control sponsored by Sophos, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the rules, looks at the main threats to security compliance and highlights how a well-defined strategy, backed up by powerful technology, can provide the solution. Posted: 22 Dec 2008 \| Published: 22 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Basel II \| CobiT \| Data Encryption Standard \| Data Governance \| Data Security \| Data Stewardship \| Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \| HIPAA \| HIPAA Compliance \| IT Governance \| Legal Compliance Software \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard \| Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance \| Regulations \| Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Threats

2 Matches

BASEL II DEFINITION (continued): … meets. Basel II improved on Basel I, first enacted in the 1980s, by offering more complex models for calculating regulatory capital. Essentially, the accord mandates that banks holding riskier assets should be required to have more capital on hand than those maintaining safer portfolios. Basel II also requires companies to publish both the details of risky investments and risk management practices. The full title of the accord is Basel II: The International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards - A Revised Framework. The three essential requirements of Basel II are: Mandating …
Basel II definition sponsored by SearchSecurityUK.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

Browse by Report Type:
Basel II White Papers | Basel II Multimedia | Basel II IT Downloads

TechTarget provides enterprise IT professionals with the information they need to perform their jobs - from developing strategy, to making cost-effective IT purchase decisions and managing their organizations' IT projects - with its network of technology-specific Web sites, events and magazines


Definitions: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other
TechTarget Corporate Web Site \| Media Kits All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2000 - 2013, TechTarget \| Read our Privacy Statement