SINGAPORE, October 26 - Greater convergence on several fronts of financial supervision will follow the Basel II upgrade of international rules for bank safety, a top Singapore regulator said today

LONDON, October 8 - The UK is undertaking a fourth quantitative impact study - QIS 4 - of the effects on banks of the Basel II safety rules and is holding out for a single end-2007 start date for the European version of the Basel capital adequacy accord, one of the country\'s top financial regulators said today.

Britain\'s regulator challenged over controversial Tier 1 ruling. Barclays\' TONs issue said to conflict with Basel guidelines. By Melvyn Westlake

Regulators expected to approve a no-frills version of capital accord. Aims to help emerging market countries, smaller banks.

Consistency without uniformity is the goal. But the group will not adjudicate disputes. Interview: Nick Le Pan, head of Basel Committe\'s Accord Implementation Group

Responses to Commission Working Document overwhelmingly favour reductions in op risk charges. Proposed rules said to hurt competitiveness.

Congressional hearings reignite op risk debate. Letter from lawmakers seeks answers. Basel II critics remain confident By Melvyn Westlake

Let banks choose whatever system best suits them - Small US banks fear that US policy on Basel II will hit them competitively while denying them the advantages of the risk-focused capital rules. By David Keefe

Basel II supporters outnumber dissenters - On June 22, the Financial Institutions Sub-committee of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee held fresh hearings into the new Basel capital accord. Hearings concentrated on \"private sector perspectives.\" Here is a selection of points raised by the testimony

The UK is introducing new risk-based capital rules for insurers at the end of the year. How influential will they be for Solvency II in the EU?