LONDON, October 22 - New rules aimed at ensuring that financial conglomerates hold sufficient capital on a group-wide basis are proposed today by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Britain\'s regulator.

PARIS, October 24 - Basel Committee chairman Jaime Caruana remains confident that the end-2006 deadline for implementing the Basel II upgrade of capital rules for bank safety can be met following the compromise on the unexpected loss issue reached two weeks ago in Madrid.

Regulators agree Madrid proposals provide way forward. Bankers want more changes. Opposition to accord abates in US. By Melvyn Westlake

A solution could set a pattern for full credit risk models, but is likely to be headache for EU lawmakers, reports David Keefe

China has not \"rejected\" Basel II. Full compliance with new accord still long-term goal. Tough new capital adequacy rules for Chinese banks coming soon. By Melvyn Westlake Interview: Liu Mingkang, China\'s chief bank regulator

Signs that banking system is emerging from worst period. Some 576 banks said to want sophisticated risk capital models

LONDON - New rules aimed at ensuring that financial conglomerates hold sufficient capital on a group-wide basis were proposed in late October by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Britain\'s regulator.

BALI, Indonesia - South-East Asia nations need to harmonise institutional structures, skills and regulations to face the Basel II upgrade of international capital rules for bank safety, Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said in October.

TOKYO - There are tentative signs that the big Japanese banks are starting to make some headway in reducing the huge level of bad debts on their books.

BANGKOK - Thai commercial banks will be ready to adopt the Basel II upgrade of bank capital adequacy rules when they come into force at end-2006, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said in late October.