National Press Club
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
Attempts by U.S. banking regulators to modernize risk-based banking standards, in the context of the international Basel bank capital standards, have been plagued by complexity, confusion, and delay. What started out more than a decade ago as an update to Basel I (adopted in 1988) has degenerated into several variants, none of which has enjoyed broad support. The ongoing debate over Basel reform has led to at least a decade of delay in updating Basel I, and further delays are highly likely, raising the prospect that the entire global Basel reform process will collapse. Further complicating Basel reform are the potential unintended consequences on the interaction between risk-based capital standards of any type and the unique-to-the-U.S. leverage capital standards for banks.
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10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
A Basel Backgrounder
The Basel Risk-Based Capital Standards: Are they Workable?
| Topics: | Financial Services • Financial Services & E-Commerce |
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National Press Club
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
Description
Is an international bank capital standard constitutional in the U.S. without Senate ratification as if it were a treaty? Is there really a need for internationally applicable bank capital standards? If so, who benefits from such a standard(s)? What competitive distortions are likely to arise in the application of new Basel capital standards, whether every bank operates under the same rules or there are different rules for different-size and type banks? What are the unintended consequences of the interaction between a simple leverage capital requirement and a risk-based capital requirement?
- Mr. Bert Ely, Ely & Company
- Mr. George E. French, Deputy Director, Policy and Examination Oversight, FDIC
- Hon. Peter J. Wallison, American Enterprise Institute
- Mr. Gary Wilhite, Senior Vice President, Credit Risk Management, Wachovia Corporation
- Mr. Charles M. Miller, Keating Muething & Klekamp, PLL-Moderator
Speakers
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Keynote Address by Senator Chuck Hagel
The Basel Risk-Based Capital Standards: Are they Workable?
| Topics: | Financial Services • Financial Services & E-Commerce |
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National Press Club
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
Description
United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska delivered the Keynote Address at The Basel Risk-Based Capital Standards event on Tuesday, May 1, 2007.
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.
Luncheon & Keynote Address
- Hon. Chuck Hagel, United States Senator, Nebraska
- Introduction: Mr. Dean A. Reuter, Director of Practice Groups, The Federalist Society
Speakers
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The Ideal Basel
The Basel Risk-Based Capital Standards: Are they Workable?
| Topics: | Financial Services • Financial Services & E-Commerce |
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National Press Club
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
529 14th St NW
Washington, DC 20045
Description
What are the alternatives for resolving the multiple Basel imbroglios? How can any potential adverse interactions between new risk-based capital standards and the leverage capital ratio be minimized? What approaches can be taken to minimize the possible competitive distortions between (1) banks of different sizes, (2) domestic-only versus internationally active banks, and (3) banks assuming different types of risks, such as credit risk, interest-rate risk, or operational risk? What should be done to resolve conflicts and duplication between risk-based capital standards and the FDIC's new risk-based deposit-insurance premium assessment system?
- Hon. Wayne A. Abernathy, American Bankers Association and former Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, U.S. Department of Treasury
- Ms. Karen Shaw Petrou, Federal Financial Analytics
- Mr. Michael Roster, Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Golden West Financial Corporation
- Mr. Charles Taylor, Director, Operational Risk, Risk Management Association
- Prof. Keith R. Fisher, Michigan State University College of Law-Moderator
