ISTANBUL – A top US central banker in May urged that the planned fifth quantitative impact study (QIS5) of the global effects of the Basel II bank safety rules should include qualitative responses from participants as well as quantitative data.

WASHINGTON – President Bush in April nominated John Reich to be director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), the federal agency that supervises the US savings and thrift industry.

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The financial services industry believes European Union regulators and the key committees advising them should be more proactive in approaching those likely to be affected by proposed regulation and should not rely solely on consultation documents.

Further development of the Basel capital framework will require even more sophisticated economic capital models. Guest contributor Dean Jovic looks at future demands on banks.

WASHINGTON, April 30 – US federal regulators are delaying the publication of proposals for implementing the complex Basel II bank capital rules because their impact on the US banking system needs further study.

WASHINGTON, April 11 – No US banks would qualify for the complex international Basel II bank safety rules at present. But US banking regulators hope to release detailed plans in the autumn for implementing the rules in the US, following the delay announced nearly two weeks ago.

INSTANBUL, May 17 – A top US central banker today urged that the planned fifth quantitative impact study (QIS 5) of the global effects of the Basel II bank safety rules should include qualitative responses from participants as well as quantitative data.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 19 – The challenges of gathering relevant data and developing models of operational risk within the context of the complex Basel II rules for improving bank safety are still great, a top US central banker said today.