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The Basel Committee issued a compilation of Basel II and related guidance 2006.
The Basel Committee issued a compilation of Basel II and related guidance 2006.
Basel II was implemented across the European Union (EU) in 2008.
The changes introduced by Basel II included:
*Refinements to the measurement of credit risk;
*Quantifying the measurement of operational risk;
*Permitting the use of banks' internal risk models, subject to regulatory approval; and
*The concept of the Three Pillars of Capital.




(Basel II is occasionally written as ''Basel 2''.)
(Basel II is occasionally written as ''Basel 2''.)
Now superseded and updated by later Basel agreements, see links below.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Basel 2.5]]
* [[Basel III]]
* [[Basel III]]
* [[Basel 2.5]]
* [[Basel IV]]
* [[Capital adequacy]]
* [[Capital adequacy]]
* [[Capital Adequacy Directive]]
* [[Capital Requirements Directive]]
* [[Capital Requirements Directive]]
* [[Credit risk]]
* [[Operational risk]]
* [[Solvency II]]
* [[Solvency II]]
* [[Three Pillars of Capital]]


[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]]

Latest revision as of 09:36, 16 November 2023

A second agreement developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 2004 to promote international standards for measuring and ensuring the adequacy of a bank's capital.

The Basel Committee issued a compilation of Basel II and related guidance 2006.

Basel II was implemented across the European Union (EU) in 2008.


The changes introduced by Basel II included:

  • Refinements to the measurement of credit risk;
  • Quantifying the measurement of operational risk;
  • Permitting the use of banks' internal risk models, subject to regulatory approval; and
  • The concept of the Three Pillars of Capital.


(Basel II is occasionally written as Basel 2.)


Now superseded and updated by later Basel agreements, see links below.


See also