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Basel Accord
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Basel Accord
Agreement concluded among country representatives in 1988 in Switzerland to develop standardized risk-based capital requirements for banks across countries.

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In the dog days of August, the House Committee on Financial Services tentatively announced hearings regarding the long-delayed implementation of the New Basel Capital Accord or Basel II.
The new accord, which is being developed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, builds on and, for certain banks, would replace the Basel Capital Accord of 1988, which is the framework for capital adequacy standards for large, internationally active banks and the basis for the risk-based capital adequacy standards now in place for all U.
By giving our clients full access to the analytics system and the underlying calculations, we help them to meet the internal risk ratings and compliance requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and the New Basel Capital Accord.
 
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