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Basel II Capital Accord, Basel I Initiatives, and Other Basel-Related Matters

Conferences, Speeches, and Testimony
Conferences
New Challenges for Operational Risk Measurement and Management
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
May 14-15, 2008
Speeches
November 13, 2007
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
Implementing Basel II in the United States
At the Standard & Poor's Bank Conference 2007, New York, New York
July 12, 2007
Governor Randall S. Kroszner
Basel II Implementation in the United States
At the New York Bankers Association Annual Washington Visit, Washington, D.C.
February 26, 2007
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
An Update on Basel II Implementation in the United States
At the Global Association of Risk Professionals Basel II Summit, New York, New York
November 30, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
A U.S. Perspective on Basel II Implementation
At the Institute for International Bankers Seminar on the Impact of Basel II on Financial Markets and Business Strategies, New York, New York
October 16, 2006
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Bank Regulation and Supervision: Balancing Benefits and Costs
Before the Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association, Phoenix, Arizona, and the Annual Convention of America’s Community Bankers, San Diego, California (via satellite)
October 11, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
A U.S. Supervisor's Perspective on Current Banking Issues
At the British Bankers' Association 10th Annual Supervision Conference, London, England
July 4, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Addressing Challenges Raised by Basel II Implementation
At the Risk Capital 2006 Forum, Paris, France
June 12, 2006
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Modern Risk Management and Banking Supervision
At the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, Washington, D.C.
May 18, 2006
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Basel II: Its Promise and Its Challenges
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 42nd Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition, Chicago, Illinois
May 16, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Implementing Basel II: Choices and Challenges
At the Global Association of Risk Professionals' Basel II & Banking Regulation Forum, Barcelona, Spain
May 4, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Supervisory Perspective on Current Bank Capital, Market Risk, and Loan Product Issues
At the Bank Administration Institute Treasury Management Conference, Orlando, Florida
April 10, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
A Risk-Management Perspective on Recent Regulatory Proposals
At the America’s Community Bankers Risk Management and Finance Forum, Naples, Florida
March 31, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
An Update on Regulatory Issues
At the Banking Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina
March 31, 2006
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Financial Regulation: Seeking the Middle Way
At the Institute of International Finance Spring 2006 Membership Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland
March 29, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Sound Capital and Risk Management
At the OpRisk USA 2006 Conference, New York, New York
December 6, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Linkages between Internal Capital Measures and Regulatory Capital Requirements
At the International Center for Business Information's Risk Management Conference: Basel Summit, Geneva, Switzerland
November 30, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Recent Developments in Regulatory Capital
At the Standard & Poor’s North American Financial Institutions Conference, New York, New York
November 28, 2005
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
(on November 8)
Financial Regulation: Seeking the Middle Way
To the Fourth Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Management and Systemic Risk, Frankfurt, Germany (via videoconference)
October 12, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Regulatory Issues
At the National Bankers Association Annual Convention, Beverly Hills, California
June 14, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Current Regulatory Issues
At the North Carolina Bankers Association 109th Annual Convention, Kiawah Island, South Carolina
June 8, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Enhancing Risk Management under Basel II
At the Risk USA 2005 Congress, Boston, Massachusetts
June 7, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Community Banks: A Regulatory Update
At the American Bankers Association Chief Financial Officers Exchange Conference, Chicago, Illinois
May 26, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Capital and Risk Management
At the Women in Housing and Finance Spring Symposium, Capital Issues for Financial Institutions, Washington, D.C.
May 19, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Observations on Measuring and Managing Operational Risk under Basel II
At the Federal Reserve System’s Conference on Implementing an Advanced Measurement Approach for Operational Risk, Boston, Massachusetts
May 17, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Financial Stability Benefits and Implementation Challenges of Basel II
At the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey’s International Conference on Financial Stability and Implications of Basel II, Istanbul, Turkey
May 16, 2005
Governor Mark W. Olson
Basel II
At the Annual Washington Briefing Conference of the Financial Women's Association, Washington, D.C.
March 14, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Bank Secrecy Act and Capital Compliance Issues
At the Institute of International Bankers Annual Washington Conference, Washington, D.C.
December 7, 2004
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
It’s Not Just about the Models: Recognizing the Importance of Qualitative Factors in an Effective Risk-Management Process
At the International Center for Business Information’s Risk Management 2004 Conference Geneva, Switzerland
October 4, 2004
Governor Ben S. Bernanke
The Implementation of Basel II: Some Issues for Cross-Border Banking
At the Institute of International Bankers' Annual Breakfast Dialogue, Washington, D.C.
March 17, 2004
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Banking
Before the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention, San Diego, California (via satellite)
December 2, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Concerns and Considerations for the Practical Implementation of the New Basel Accord
At the ICBI Risk Management 2003 Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
November 13, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
The Proposed U.S. Approach to Regulatory Capital: An Update
At the conference on The Changing Regulatory Capital Regime in Europe: A Challenging New Business Concept, Brussels, Belgium (via videoconference)
October 8, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
The future of financial services--Revisited
At the Future of Financial Services Conference, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
June 17, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: Some issues for implementation
At the Basel Sessions 2003, Institute of International Finance, New York, New York
June 10, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: Scope of application in the United States
Before the Institute of International Bankers, New York, New York
April 28, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: A case study in risk management
At the Risk Management Workshop for Regulators, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
April 10, 2003
Governor Mark W. Olson
Basel II: Its implications for second-tier and community-size banks
At the 2003 Banking Institute, Center for Banking and Finance, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina
April 9, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II: A realist's perspective
At the Risk Management Association's Conference on Capital Management, Washington, D.C.
October 15, 2001
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
Basel II: Moving from concept toward implementation
At the Bank Administration Institute's Conference on Treasury, Investment, ALM, and Risk Management, New York, New York
May 17, 2001
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
The new Basel accord: Challenges for banks and their supervisors
At the Risk Management Association’s Conference on Capital Management, Washington, D.C.
May 10, 2001
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
Controlling the safety net
At the 37th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
March 7, 2001
Chairman Alan Greenspan
Banking supervision
Before the Independent Community Bankers of America, Las Vegas, Nevada (via videoconference)
March 5, 2001
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
The new Basel capital proposal
At the Annual Washington Conference of the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.
March 6, 2000
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Convergence of regulatory standards: A work in process
At the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.
October 11, 1999
Chairman Alan Greenspan
The evolution of bank supervision
Before the American Bankers Association, Phoenix, Arizona
October 1, 1999
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
Implications of recent global financial crises for bank supervision and regulation
Before the International Finance Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
September 27, 1999
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
An agenda for bank supervision and regulation
Before the Institute of International Bankers Annual Breakfast Dialogue, Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, D.C.
June 3, 1999
Governor Laurence H. Meyer
Moving forward into the 21st century
At the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Williamsburg, Virginia
Testimony
September 26, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Basel II
Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
September 14, 2006
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Basel II and commercial real estate
Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
November 10, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Basel II implementation and revisions to Basel I
Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
September 26, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
Basel II Developments in the United States
Before the Institute of International Bankers, Washington, D.C.
May 11, 2005
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
The Basel II Accord and H.R. 1226
Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
May 13, 2004
Governor Susan Schmidt Bies
U.S. – EU regulatory dialogue
Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
June 19, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II and H.R. 2043
Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
June 18, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II
Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate
February 27, 2003
Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Basel II
Before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives
May 22, 2002
Governor Mark W. Olson
The European Union's Financial Services Action Plan
Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives

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