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Hong Kong banks set to struggle with Basel II
Many of Hong Kong’s banks could struggle to implement the Basel II capital adequacy accord because of their lack of sophisticated risk management systems, professional services firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu said in October.
Asian banks face hedging threat
Hong Kong - The Basel II bank capital adequacy accord could stop Asia's banks from hedging risk, resulting in their being shut out of the global banking system entirely, says Paul Sheehan, Hong Kong-based co-head of Asian bank research at US investment…
Asian banks fear unfair op risk capital charges
Operational risk has long been a challenge for Asia’s banks. But many smaller banks in the region fear that a capital charge against such hazards as fraud, computer systems failure and settlement foul-ups would penalise them unfairly if it took the form…