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Revision as of 18:44, 19 December 2013
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| Basel Framework International regulatory standards for banks |
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| Background |
| Pillar 1: Regulatory capital |
| Pillar 2: Supervisory review |
| Pillar 3: Market disclosure |
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The Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) for the financial services industry will introduce a supervisory framework in the EU which reflects the Basel II rules on capital measurement and capital standards.
Member States have to transpose, and firms of the financial service industry have to apply, the CRD from January 1, 2007. Institutions can choose between the current basic indicator approach, that increases the minimum capital requirement in Basel I approach from 8% to 15% and the standardized approach that evaluates the business lines as a medium sophistication approaches of the new framework. The most sophisticated approaches, Advanced IRB approach and AMA or advanced measurement approach for operational risk will be available on the beginning of 2008. From this date, all EU firms will apply "Basel II".
The Capital Requirements Directive superseded the EU's earlier Capital Adequacy Directive that was first issued in 1993.
Assessment and criticism
Think-tanks such as the World Pensions Council (WPC) have argued that European powers such as France and Germany pushed dogmatically and naively for the adoption of the so-called “Basel II recommendations”, adopted in 2005, transposed in European Union law through the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD). In essence, they forced European banks, and, more importantly, the European Central Bank itself, to rely more than ever on the standardized assessments of “credit risk” marketed aggressively by two US credit rating agencies- Moody’s and S&P, thus using public policy and ultimately taxpayers’ money to strengthen anti-competitive duopolistic practices akin to exclusive dealing. Ironically, European governments have abdicated most of their regulatory authority in favor of a non-European, highly deregulated, private cartel.[1]
References
- ^ M. Nicolas J. Firzli, "A Critique of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision" Revue Analyse Financière, Nov. 10 2011 & Q2 2012
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External links
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:177:0001:0200:EN:PDF
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2006/l_177/l_17720060630en02010255.pdf
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