Non-G-10 Countries and the Basle Capital Rules How Tough a Challenge is it to Join the Basle Club?

The 1988 Basle Capital Accord has introduced the norm of a risk-based capital ratio of 8 percent. It was negotiated among the G-10 countries to strengthen their international banks’ capital base while simultaneously levelling the playing field for competition. Since 1988, a large number of non-G-10...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dziobek, Claudia
Other Authors: Frecaut, Olivier, Nieto, María
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1995
Series:IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 03012nmm a2200661 u 4500
001 EB000930452
003 EBX01000000000000000724048
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 150128 ||| eng
020 |a 9781451972467 
100 1 |a Dziobek, Claudia 
245 0 0 |a Non-G-10 Countries and the Basle Capital Rules  |b How Tough a Challenge is it to Join the Basle Club?  |c Claudia Dziobek, María Nieto, Olivier Frecaut 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 1995 
300 |a 22 pages 
651 4 |a United Kingdom 
653 |a Finance, Public 
653 |a Banks and banking, Foreign 
653 |a Public Administration 
653 |a Asset requirements 
653 |a Capital adequacy requirements 
653 |a Banks 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Industries: Financial Services 
653 |a Banks and banking 
653 |a Financial statements 
653 |a Mortgages 
653 |a International Lending and Debt Problems 
653 |a International Financial Markets 
653 |a Accounting 
653 |a Public Sector Accounting and Audits 
653 |a Public financial management (PFM) 
653 |a Banking 
653 |a Financial reporting, financial statements 
653 |a International banking 
653 |a International finance 
653 |a Depository Institutions 
653 |a State supervision 
653 |a Regulated Industries and Administrative Law 
653 |a Financial institutions 
653 |a Bank supervision 
653 |a Micro Finance Institutions 
653 |a Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation 
653 |a Loans 
653 |a Banks and Banking 
653 |a Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy 
653 |a Financial regulation and supervision 
653 |a Financial services law & regulation 
653 |a Foreign banks 
700 1 |a Frecaut, Olivier 
700 1 |a Nieto, María 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Policy Discussion Papers 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781451972467.003 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/003/1995/005/003.1995.issue-005-en.xml?cid=1481-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a The 1988 Basle Capital Accord has introduced the norm of a risk-based capital ratio of 8 percent. It was negotiated among the G-10 countries to strengthen their international banks’ capital base while simultaneously levelling the playing field for competition. Since 1988, a large number of non-G-10 countries, although not members of the “Basle Club,” have introduced similar risk-based capital ratios, hoping to achieve similar effects in terms of enhanced safety and competition in their banking markets. This paper explains why the endeavor failed in most cases and discusses what the required conditions would be for effective implementation of the Basle rules beyond the G-10 countries