Basel

Basel III presents new challenges to collateral trading activities and collateral management operations. In part II of a series, GCMS’ Saheed Awan explores the impact Basel III and central clearing of OTC derivatives will have on collateral trading activities and he calls for the restricted view of collateral management to be expanded to support efforts to achieve greater efficiency through improved and centralised processing. 

Regulators and bank supervisors have become investment advisors!

In the first instalment of a two-part series, GCMS’ Saheed Awan explains the likely implications of Basel III on collateral management activities including liquidity management.

The Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, met on 8 January 2012. The main items of discussion were the Basel Committee's proposals on the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and its strategy for assessing implementation of the Basel regulatory framework more broadly.

Moody’s Analytics Launches Through-the-Cycle Probability of Default Measure

New credit risk measure to address needs of institutions dealing with regulatory capital requirements

Lombard Risk Management plc (LSE: LRM) ("Lombard Risk"), a leading provider of integrated collateral management, liquidity and regulatory reporting solutions for the financial services industry, presented its COREP/Basel III solution using the new web-based version of regulatory compliance software suite. 

Financial services institutions have launched projects to comply with Basel III rules and regulations, but implementation remains slow and organizational changes are a significant concern, according to the third annual survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ Association (PRMIA), which was sponsored by SunGard.

The survey addressed four main areas affecting risk management: central counterparties (CCP); credit valuation adjustments; Basel rules and regulations; and the organization of risk management departments.

Full support for asset and liability management, market analytics and Basel III. 

Basel III, Liquidity risk, stress tests, IFRS…: Financial Studio 4.0 empowers financial institutions with an enhanced single integrated platform for risk, finance and compliance. 

FinArch, international leader for integrated risk and finance solutions for the financial services industry, today announced the release of Financial Studio 4.0, the latest version of the market leading software product that uniquely integrates risk, finance and compliance. 

MIT (Micro Informatique & Technologies SA), Lausanne announces that it has developped a specific Basel II & III module within its latest system TRAC Trade Risk Active Control. 

Axiom Software Laboratories Inc., leading global provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, announces today that JPMorgan Chase has selected AXIOM SL’s regulatory reporting and data management platform ControllerView®, Basel123™ and Integration CenterTM as the strategic platform for its UK Basel II capital calculation, liquidity risk and regulatory reporting needs.