The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will set up a "financial stability unit" for drawing upon inter-disciplinary expertise from across various departments for carrying out periodic stress testing and......
The huge losses suffered by major banks recently, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom, have brought to the fore the weaknesses of the architecture of the Basel II capital......
In the wake of the sharp downturn in the valuations of mortgage-backed securities last year, financial firms justified their investment in these non-transparent instruments on the triple ratings......
The capital structure of the banks will have to be revamped to afford phase-wise implementation of the Basel II capital accord. According to treasury heads of public sector banks, the capital......
This year 2009 has the dubious distinction of witnessing the most number of banks go belly up in the United States, since 1992 during the savings and loan crisis. Consider this: In the first 10......