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Basel 2: How will new bank capital rules affect your company?
Author(s) -
Sagner James S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20626
Subject(s) - basel i , risk weighted asset , capital requirement , basel iii , basel ii , operational risk , capital (architecture) , business , risk adjusted return on capital , capital adequacy ratio , accounting , finance , economics , financial system , financial capital , risk management , capital formation , market economy , incentive , human capital , archaeology , history
Governments, central bankers, and regulators have a most pressing concern: how can they restore confidence and stability in the global financial system? The latest Basel Accords try to do it by setting international standards on the amount of capital banks must maintain to manage financial and operational risks. But there hasn't been adequate analysis of Basel 2's implications, warns the author of this article. The question for companies is: what actions should you take now if your bank faces the new Basel 2 capital requirements? © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.