This up-to-date book offers answers to the mounting questions about the future of international banking regulation.
* The Basel II Accord is a new system designed to determine how much capital internationally active banks are required by supervisors to hold against their portfolio of risky assets
* This volume examines the numerous competitive and strategic questions raised by the Accord, and focuses on the potential outcomes in the financial industry after its enactment
* Brings together the most current thinking on the topic by both leading academic authorities and top-level representatives from the banking and regulatory community, including the prior and current Chairmen of the Basel CommitteeThis up-to-date book offers answers to the mounting questions about the future of international banking regulation.
* The Basel II Accord is a new system designed to determine how much capital internationally active banks are required by supervisors to hold against their portfolio of risky assets
* This volume examines the numerous competitive and strategic questions raised by the Accord, and focuses on the potential outcomes in the financial industry after its enactment
* Brings together the most current thinking on the topic by both leading academic authorities and top-level representatives from the banking and regulatory community, including the prior and current Chairmen of the Basel Committee
1. Howard Davies (Director, London School of Economics)
2. Jaime Caruana (Governor, Bank of Spain & Chairman, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision)
3. Richard Herring (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania)
4. Harald Benink (RSM Erasmus University & FMG/LSE) and George Benston (Goizueta School of Business, Emory Unversity)
5. Jon Danielsson (FMG/LSE) and Asgeir Jonsson (University of Iceland)
6. George Kaufman (Loyola University of Chicago)
7. Clas Wihlborg (Copenhagen Business School)
8. Tom de Swaan (CFO, ABN AMRO Bank)
9. Karel Lannoo (Centre for European Policy Studies)
10. Hung Tran (International Monetary Fund)
11. Mark Tilden (LECG Consultants)