"The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) sets the guidelines for world-wide regulation of banks. It is the forum for agreeing international regulation on the conduct of banking. Based on special access to the archives of the BCBS and interviews with many of its key players, this book...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The antecedents of the BCBS -- A Introduction -- B The Groupe de Contact -- C The Eurodollar market, Herstatt and international financial stability -- D First steps -- 3...