This paper compares a translation of a global (more specifically, European) regulation into two local contexts, setting this process in a broader context of the all-pervading risk management. The two countries are Sweden and Poland, both relatively untouched by the current financial crisis, and...

Basel III regulation intent is to increase the resiliency of banks through effective risk management practices that can reduce significant idiosyncratic operational losses. A systemic risk event that leads to significant losses in a bank holding company (BHC) can expose them to become insolvent...

Abstract: Basel II revolutionierte die deutsche Bankenaufsicht. Der Band analysiert die Neuerungen der Baseler Eigenkapitalvereinbarung aus aufsichtsrechtlicher, bankpraktischer und wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Sicht. Die Umsetzung von Basel II in deutsches Aufsichtsrecht und darin enthaltene...