Traditionally, regulation of banks has focused on the riskentailed in bank loans. Loans are typically nontradedassets. In recent years, another component of bank assetshas become increasingly important: assets actively tradedin the financial markets.1 These assets form the “tradingbook” of a...

It is a great pleasure for me to be here and to participate inthe discussion of the future of capital adequacy regulation.I would like to compliment the organizers of this conferenceon the programme they have set up, covering manyrelevant topics, and the range of experts they have beenable to...