Evolving Risk-Based Capital Standards for Banks and Securities Firms.

Surveys the international development of various types of risk-based capital standards for the regulation of the banking and securities industries. Also examines European Union capital requirements experiments. "Risk-based" regulation involves varying standards of stringency according to t...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Banks and banking. Risk assessment. Securities. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Surveys the international development of various types of risk-based capital standards for the regulation of the banking and securities industries. Also examines European Union capital requirements experiments. "Risk-based" regulation involves varying standards of stringency according to the perceived riskiness of a financial institution's transactions and portfolio of assets.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.