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




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Basel II was updated with effect from the end of 2011, in respect of the capital requirements for market risk and re-securitisations.
Now superseded and updated by later Basel agreements, see links below.
 
These updates are commonly known as 'Basel 2.5'.




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Now superseded and updated by later Basel agreements, see links below.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