In June 1999, the Basle Committee of Banking Supervisors issued a consultative paper proposing the introduction of a …

This paper examines the developments of the Italian banking system during the Nineties from two related points of view … particularly interesting in the light of the widespread belief that the euro area will significantly increase banking competition … foreign branches and subsidiaries has been influenced by two counterbalancing forces; the big banking groups reduced their …

From the 1980s onwards the banking sectors in all the industrialised countries have been experiencing intense … behind such restructuring processes, the globalisation of the credit markets, the consolidation of banking structures, the … integration of the banking systems lead to a narrowing or a widening of the development gap between regions? What relations will …

The paper examines the relationship between banking and securities activities in the light of financial market … consolidation), with particular reference to Europe. The enhanced links between banking and securities businesses have generated … banking-securities combination for regulatory and supervisory arrangements. The exporting of prudential requirements …

The paper examines the relationship between banking and securities activities in the light of financial market … consolidation), with particular reference to Europe. The enhanced links between banking and securitiesbusinesses have generated … banking-securities combination for regulatory and supervisory arrangements. The exporting of prudential requirements …

their portfolio according to the tradeoff between liquidity and profitability. We argue that banking behaviour in Brazil has … by a short-termist behaviour and high liquidity preference that have resulted in low credit supply and high banking …

At end-June 2004, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision finally issued the "New Capital Accord" ("Basel II …"), following endorsement by G10 bank supervisors. The Accord replaces the original accord agreed in July 1988 and implemented by …

(acceleration of) procyclical behaviour of banking, which might threaten macroeconomic stability. This article analyses the … decades, distortion caused by procyclical behaviour of banks has been limited, banking crises excepted. …

From the 1980s onwards the banking sectors in all the industrialised countries have been experiencing intense … behind such restructuring processes, the globalisation of the credit markets, the consolidation of banking structures, the … integration of the banking systems lead to a narrowing or a widening of the development gap between regions? What relations will …

The paper examines the relationship between banking and securities activities in the light of financial market … consolidation), with particular reference to Europe. The enhanced links between banking and securitiesbusinesses have generated … banking-securities combination for regulatory and supervisory arrangements. The exporting of prudential requirements …