BASEL, Switzerland, November 22 (Global Risk Regulator) – Global banking regulators today issued a paper aimed at fostering more robust information sharing between home-country and host-country supervisors in implementing the Basel II bank safety rules.

WASHINGTON, November 10 (Global Risk Regulator) – A senior US lawmaker today warned that Congress could still stop the controversial international Basel II bank safety rules from being implemented in the US.

LONDON, November 17 (Global Risk Regulator) – European officials are in early talks about whether the law giving effect to the Basel II bank safety rules in the European Union needs amendment because of the different EU and US timetables for implementing the rules, a top UK regulator said today.

BASEL, Switzerland, November 29 (Global Risk Regulator) – Global banking supervisors have issued their new guidance on accounting for loans that marks a fresh approach to their input into the development of accounting rules.

Frankfurt, Germany, November 24 (Global Risk Regulator) – Consistent supervisory treatment of banks and insurers would help counter the threat to financial stability posed by the potential for accounting and regulatory arbitrage in financial conglomerates, according to the head of Europe’s central bank.

WASHINGTON, December 20 – A small number of US regional banks may gain a cost advantage over their largest rivals in the credit card market as a result of the way the Basel II bank safety rules will be applied in the US.

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 7 (Global Risk Regulator) – Top US and European regulators sought this week to reassure international banks that problems caused for them by different timetables for implementing the global Basel II bank safety rules are surmountable.

Pressures are increasing for a major international overhaul of liquidity risk regulation for banks. The Basel Committee, which effectively sets standards for banks around the world, agreed at its December meeting to undertake an examination of the wide divergence of regulatory practice in this field.

New capital requirements for banks creates tension with current large exposure rules. EU seeks industry views on possible reform By Melvyn Westlake

Many host supervisors are resisting the use of advanced measurement approaches for operational risk. David Keefe reports