Format:
1 online resource (620 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781107007239
,
9781139115568
Content:
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) sets the guidelines for world-wide regulation of banks. Based on special access to the archives of the BCBS, this book tells the story of the early years of the Committee and is a major contribution to the historical record on banking supervision
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The antecedents of the BCBS -- A Introduction -- B The Groupe de Contact -- C The Eurodollar market, Herstatt and international financial stability -- D First steps -- 3 Modus operandi: Chairmen -- Secretariat -- members -- structure of meetings -- A Introduction -- B Chairmen -- George Blunden -- Peter Cooke -- Huib Muller -- Gerald Corrigan -- Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa -- Tom de Swaan -- C The Secretariat -- D Members and participation -- E The structure of BCBS meetings -- 4 The Concordat -- A Home/host relationships, 1975 -- B Consolidation of banks' balance sheets -- C Reaction to events -- Banco Ambrosiano, 1982 -- BCCI, 1991 -- D Worldwide implementation of principles, and then standards? -- How could this be done? -- E Conclusion -- 5 External and foreign exchange issues -- A An early warning system? -- B Supervision of the foreign exchange market, foreign currency brokers, the forward market, and so on -- C Country risk exposure and maturity transformations in wholesale international markets -- D Conclusion -- 6 Capital adequacy and the Basel Accord of 1988 -- A Early work -- B The attempt by the BCBS to achieve consensus -- C The US/UK démarche and the negotiations of the 1988 Accord -- D Implementation -- Defending and modifying the club approach -- Handling technical details: the work of the Capital Liaison Group -- Exploring other regulatory avenues -- Assessing the effects of the introduction of the Accord on wider macro-economic developments, or was Basel I responsible for the credit crunch of 1991/92? -- E Assessment -- 7 The Market Risk Amendment -- A Early work: the Beverly subgroup
,
15 The international relations of the BCBS -- A The salient events -- B Power and knowledge -- 16 The BCBS and the social sciences -- A The BCBS and professional advice -- B Insufficient appreciation of (financial) economics -- 17 Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index
,
B General and specific risk classifications for asset classes: the work of the Carosio subgroup, 1989-1993 - difficult relation with IOSCO -- C The use of internal models for regulatory purposes: the Market Risk Amendment of 1996 -- D Net interest income risk -- E Assessment -- 8 The Core Principles of Banking Supervision -- A The first set of BCBS Principles, on money laundering -- B BCCI and minimum standards -- C Strengthening Effective Banking Supervision -- 9 Liquidity -- 10 Off-balance-sheet exposures and derivatives -- A Work on off-balance-sheet exposures -- B Netting -- C Derivatives -- 11 Other topics addressed by the BCBS -- A Criteria for selection -- B Bank secrecy as an impediment to supervision -- C Other early concerns -- Deposit insurance -- Crisis management and lender of last resort techniques -- D Bank profitability -- E Prevention of criminal use of the banking system -- F Large credit exposures -- G Bank insolvency regimes -- 12 The relationship of the BCBS with banks and other banking regulators -- A Relationship with banks -- B Interactions with other banking regulators -- Supervisors/regulators in offshore centres -- Other non-G10 banking supervisors, and the International Conferences of Banking Supervisors (ICBS) -- Relationships with European banking supervisory groups -- Relationships with the IMF -- 13 Relationships with other non-bank oversight and supervisory bodies -- A Relationships with other BIS standing committees -- B Relationships with the accountancy profession -- C Relationships with securities regulators, notably IOSCO -- D Relationships with insurance regulators, notably IAIS (The International Association of Insurance Supervisors) -- 14 The legal position of the BCBS -- A The status of the BCBS -- B International agreements in a world of sovereign states -- C Implementation
Additional Edition:
Print version Goodhart, Charles The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2011 ISBN 9781107007239
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
FULL
((OIS Credentials Required))
