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...

Banks must maintain a balance between their own capital and the level of accepted aggregate risk to ensure financial stability. This paradigm is expressed in terms of capital adequacy requirements to both the minimum capital required to cover regulatory risks and the risk capital required to...

After the Latin American Debt Crisis of 1982, the official response worldwide turned to minimum capital standards to promote stable banking systems. Despite their existence, however, such standards have still not prevented periodic disruptions in the banking sectors of various countries. After...

The world's best financial minds help us understand today's financial crisis With so much information saturating the market for the everyday investor, trying to understand why the economic crisis happened and what needs to be done to fix it can be daunting. There is a real need, and demand, from...