Overview

Becoming operational in 2007, the Basel Capital Accord initiative is an effort to bring order to international capital markets and level the playing field for banks. Bottom line, officials hope to align capital with the risks faced by banks. However, despite the worldwide endorsements by regulators, the Accord may not be the sure thing everyone hopes it will be. It is very costly to implement and is not suitable for all banks. The question remains, though: Will it succeed? Gathering perspectives from the top minds in the field of international banking and finance, Gup's intriguing book The New Basel Capital Accord offers authoritative, provocative, and practical discussion and analysis of the impact of the Accord and discusses new opportunities for regulatory arbitrage.

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Author:   Benton E. Gup
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   South-Western
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.022kg
ISBN:  

9780324202984

ISBN 10:   0324202989
Pages:   462
Publication Date:   15 June 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Basel Capital Accords 2. The New Basel Capital Accord: Is 8% Adequate? 3. Why and How Banks Fail- Would 8% Capital Make a Difference? 4. Basel II: The Roar That Moused 5. Basel II Creates an Uneven Playing Field 6. Market Discipline: Is it Fact of Fiction? 7. The New Basel Capital Accord and Questions for Research 8. The New Basel Accord and Advanced IRB Approaches: Is There a Case for Capital Incentives? 9. Pro-cyclicality, Banks' Reporting Discretion, and Safety in Similarity 10. The Inadequacy of Capital Adequacy Policies for Financial Institution Regulation 11. Bank Lending and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy Under a Revised Basel Accord 12. Is the New Basel Accord Incentive Compatible? 13. Optionality and Basel II 14. The Impact of the Basel II Capital Accord on Australian Banks 15. Basel Skepticism: From a Hungarian Perspective 16. The New Basel Capital Accord and Its Impact on Japanese Banking: A Qualitative Analysis About the Authors Index

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The New Basel Capital Accord will have an impact on all of the U.S. banks, regardless of size. It should create a new wave of risk management techniques and technology to help supplement lending practices in this countryas banking industry. Benton Gup has assembled some of the leading thinkers in international banking to examine Basel II and what it really means for the banking community.

The New Basel Capital Accord will have an impact on all of the U.S. banks, regardless of size. It should create a new wave of risk management techniques and technology to help supplement lending practices in this country's banking industry. Benton Gup has assembled some of the leading thinkers in international banking to examine Basel II and what it really means for the banking community. The Basel Committee has produced an incredibly complex document that I fear if implemented in the U.S. will result in a severe competitive imbalance for midsize and small U.S. banks competing with large multinational institutions. I urge all bankers to become intimately familiar with Basel II so that they may be aware of its potential to permanently distort the efficient and competitive banking system we so highly prize in the U.S.

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