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

By Claudia H Dziobek, María Nieto, Olivier M Frecaut

March 1, 1995

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Claudia H Dziobek, María Nieto, and Olivier M Frecaut. Non-G-10 Countries and the Basle Capital Rules: How Tough a Challenge is it to Join the Basle Club?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1995) accessed December 22, 2024

Summary

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.

Subject: Bank supervision, Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial statements, Foreign banks, International banking, Loans, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Bank, Bank supervision, Bank supervisor, Basel, Basle capital accord, Basle capital ratio calculation, Basle capital standard, Capital adequacy requirements, Financial statements, Foreign banks, G-10, Global, Loans, PDP, Reporting practice, Risk weight, Rule

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22
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Series:

Policy Discussion Paper No. 1995/005
Stock No:

PPIEA0051995
ISBN:

9781451972467
ISSN:

1564-5193

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