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22 Jul 2008: "Computing Capital for Incremental Risk in the Trading Book" and "Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework" - consultative documents issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

17 Jun 2008: Principles for Sound Liquidity Risk Management and Supervision

16 Apr 2008: Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announces steps to strengthen the resilience of the banking system

21 Feb 2008: Liquidity risk: management and supervisory challenges

9 Oct 2007: Financial market developments and the work of the Basel Committee

24 Sep 2007: New Chairman of the Joint Forum

7 Feb 2007: Basel Committee issues consultative paper on home-host supervisory cooperation and allocation mechanisms in an AMA context

13 Oct 2006: Basel Committee issues paper on range of practice in Advanced Measurement Approaches

6 Oct 2006: Global community of banking supervisors enhances the Basel Core Principles and strengthens supervisory collaboration

5 Oct 2006: Bank supervisors from 120 countries endorse updated international principles for effective banking supervision

29 Aug 2006: Joint Forum issues paper on business continuity

14 Jun 2006: Basel Committee issues guidance on sound credit risk assessment and valuation for loans

14 Jun 2006: Basel Committee issues guidance on the use of the fair value option for financial instruments by banks

2 Jun 2006: Basel Committee issues principles on home-host information sharing for effective Basel II implementation

24 May 2006: Basel Committee maintains calibration of Basel II Framework

19 May 2006: Nout Wellink to succeed Jaime Caruana as Chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

3 May 2006: Joint Forum issues paper on funding liquidity risk management

3 May 2006: Joint Forum issues paper on regulatory and market differences

6 Apr 2006: Basel Committee seeks comments on updated banking supervision principles

13 Feb 2006: Basel Committee issues guidance on corporate governance for banking organisations

28 Nov 2005: Basel Committee issues consultative document on sound credit risk assessment and valuation for loans

22 Nov 2005: Basel Committee issues consultative document on home-host information sharing for effective Basel II implementation

29 Jul 2005: Enhancing Corporate Governance for Banking Organisations

18 Jul 2005: Solutions for the application of Basel II to some trading-related exposures and the treatment of double default effects

13 Jul 2005: Basel Committee meets with wider group of supervisors; issues documents on Basel II and the use of the fair value option

29 Apr 2005: Basel Committee issues guidance on the compliance function in banks

11 Apr 2005: Basel Committee and IOSCO propose solutions for certain trading-related exposures and double default effects under Basel II

15 Feb 2005: Joint Forum releases outsourcing guidance for financial services

15 Dec 2004: Capital treatment of certain items under IFRS

24 May 2004: Joint Forum releases report on financial disclosure

11 May 2004: Consensus achieved on Basel II proposals

15 Jan 2004: Continued progress toward Basel II

27 Oct 2003: Basel Committee issues consultative document on the compliance function in banks

11 Oct 2003: Basel II: Significant progress on major issues

20 Aug 2003: Basel Committee issues consultative document on consolidated KYC risk management

17 Jul 2003: Basel Committee welcomes revised FATF recommendations

17 Jul 2003: Final versions of two electronic banking publications

29 Apr 2003

The New Basel Capital Accord

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10 Mar 2003: Meeting of G10 central bank governors and heads of banking supervision

1 Oct 2002: Quantitative Impact Survey of New Basel Capital Accord