Basel

[Declan]

Basel Powerpoints:

The official one: http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/basel_official.ppt
http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/basel1.ppt
http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/Lecture_4_Basel_Operation_Risk.ppt
http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/basel1.ppt
http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/Lectures%204%20-%20Regulatory%20requirements.ppt

Two former assignments on the Basel Accord:

http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/Basel_Assignment.doc
http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/financial_risk_for_Blackboard1.doc

Academic article questioning bank regulation's effectiveness:

http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/bsnkreg.pdf

Wav audio of former lecture: http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/6029_4_basel.wav

[Declan]

http://splinteredsunrise.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/the-men-who-stare-at-porn/ The regulators were watching porn instead of watching the markets during the credit crunch.

[Declan]

More Stress testing plans: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/10546014.stm
Some European banks failed their stress tests. Very stressful. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10732597 Does this mean the rest are ok. To quote a famous Irish/Jersey corruption case, does it f-k??
OECD 2010 take on regulation: http://www.sotonsom.com/6020/Basel/Risk%20and%20Regulatory%20Policy-gpg.pdf