Evolving Risk-Based Capital Standards for Banks and Securities Firms

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Risk assessment.

Securities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1996

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

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Evolving Risk-Based Capital Standards for Banks and Securities Firms

Publisher Number:

CRS-1996-ECN-0103

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