The recent Global Financial Crisis has focused our attention on the integrity of rating agencies. Often condemned for being too slow to act, rating agencies have been blamed during many financial crises. This impression opens some research questions addressed in this paper. What are the...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Revision of the Standardised Approach for Credit Risk -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 General aspects -- 1.3 Use of external ratings -- 1.4 Credit risk mitigation techniques -- 1.5 Conclusions -- Recommended Literature -- Notes -- 2 The...