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15 July 2009

BCBS: Enhancements to the Basel II framework of risk management, especially in securitization


Pillar 2 (supervisory review process) addresses several weaknesses in banks’ risk management processes– including governance and compensation (for immediate implementation) and Pillar 3 on securitisation.

The supplemental Pillar 2 (supervisory review process) guidance addresses several notable weaknesses that have been revealed in banks’ risk management processes during the financial turmoil that began in 2007. The areas addressed include:

·         firm-wide governance and risk management;
·         capturing the risk of off-balance sheet exposures and securitization activities;
·         managing risk concentrations;
·         providing incentives for banks to better manage risk and returns over the long term; and
·         sound compensation practices.
 
The Pillar 3 (market discipline) requirements have been strengthened in several key areas, including:
 
·         securitization exposures in the trading book;
·         sponsorship of off-balance sheet vehicles;
·         re-securitization exposures; and
·         pipeline and warehousing risks with regard to securitization exposures
 
Banks and supervisors are expected to begin implementing the Pillar 2 guidance immediately. The new Pillar 1 capital requirements and Pillar 3 disclosures should be implemented no later than 31 December 2010.
 
 
 


© BIS - Bank for International Settlements


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