Basel III in Reality

Operational risk : A Basel II++ step before Basel III

Following the Banking Committee on Banking Supervision, operational risk quantification is based on the Basel matrix which enables sorting incidents. In this paper we analyze these incidents in depth and propose strategies for carrying out the supervisory guidelines proposed by the regulators. The objectives are as follows: • On the first hand, banks need to provide a univariate capital charge ...

Optimizing Basel III Liquidity Coverage Ratios

Risk Management Framework in Islamic Banking: Basel II and III, Challenges and Implications in Islamic Banking

The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining risk management has not been uppermost on the Islamic banking sector’s agenda in recent years. It is crucial for Islamic banks (IBs) to have comprehensive risk management framework as there is growing realization among IBs that sustainable growth critically depends on the development of a comprehensive risk management framework. Islamic b...

CHAPTER 1 Supervision of Islamic Banks : The Regulatory Challenge — Basel II and Basel III

Counterparty Credit Risk in OTC Derivatives under Basel III

Recent financial crises were the root of many changes in regulatory implementations in the banking sector. Basel previously covered the default capital charge for counterparty exposures however, the crisis showed that more than two third of the losses related to this risk emerged from the exposure to the movement of the counterparty’s credit quality and not its actual default therefore, Basel I...