BASEL II: MEMBER STATES AGREE ON NEW CAPITAL ADEQUACY RULES.(Brief Article)

European Report | October 12, 2005 | Copyright

Rules on capital requirements are designed to protect savers and investors from the failure and, ultimately, bankruptcy of banks and credit institutions. They ensure that these institutions hold a minimum amount of capital to back up the risks of investing the money entrusted to them. The old EU rules, dating from 1988, were contained in the Capital Adequacy Directive of 1993 (Directive 93/6/EEC) and the Consolidated Banking Directive of 2000 (Directive 2000/12/EC), on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions. Both have been updated as two separate ...

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