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The following business regulation is specic to an industry (Basel II /

Basel III: Banks), unlike the nancial accounting standards, the
regulation outline a set of "pillars" or "titles" for how a business

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should operate in its respective nature. For a more complete and

detailed description of each regulation, it is recommended to visit the

respective issuer's website.

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Basel III

Issuer

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

Region

International

Organizations
Affected

Banks

Effective

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Basel II (/node/531) is
the second of the
Basel Accords. The
purpose of Basel II
is to create an
international
standard that

Basel III (/node/532) is

the third of the
Basel Accords, rst
published in 2009,

Regulations

banking regulators

with expected

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can use when

implementation in

creating regulations

December 2012. The

about how much

objective of the

Derivatives
capital banks need
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reform package is to

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Overview

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Fair
Value
Measurements
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Disclosures

capital banks need

reform package is to

to put aside to

improve the

guard against

banking sector's

nancial and

ability to absorb

operational risks.

shocks arising from

Basel II was
introduced to keep

nancial and
economic stress.

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pace with the

Basel III proposes

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increased

many new capital,

sophistication of

leverage and

lenders' operations

liquidity standards

and risk

to strengthen the

management and

regulation,

overcome some of

supervision and risk

the distortions

management of the

caused by the lack

banking sector.

valuemeasurementsdisclosures)

Employee
Stock
Options
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of granularity in

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Basel I.

Business
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FINCAD solutions provide risk management

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and scenario analysis functionality (Pillar 1).

Derivatives
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FINCAD can help decrease reputation risk

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(Pillar 2), as its solutions use industry

frank-and-

standard analytics and the company is an

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established, reputable company with over

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We hope that thisinformation will assist you, but it should not be

used or relied upon as a substitute for your own independent
research. For a more comprehensive view of the
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