Basel Committee Documents

The most recent information from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) can be found on the website for the Bank for International Settlements.

Basel III Implementation

November 25, 2011
Capitalization of bank exposures to central counterparties - second consultative document (PDF)

June 1, 2011
Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems - revised version (PDF)

December 16, 2010
Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurement, standards and monitoring (PDF)

Basel II Implementation

July 13, 2009
Enhancements to the Basel II framework (PDF)

June 2006
Basel II: International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: A Revised Framework - Comprehensive Version (PDF)

June 26, 2004
The Revised Basel Capital Framework (Basel II) (PDF)

October 30, 2003
Consultative Paper 3: Request for Additional Comment

April 30, 2003
Consultative Paper 3: The New Basel Capital Accord
Other Basel Committee Reference Documents
(on the web site of the Bank for International Settlements)

Basel II Operational Risk

June 30, 2011
Supervisory Guidelines for the Advanced Measurement Approaches (PDF)

October 2006
Observed range of practice in key elements of Advanced Measurement Approaches (AMA)

November 2005
The treatment of expected losses by banks using the AMA under the Basel II Framework

January 2004
Principles for the home-host recognition of AMA operational risk capital

February 2003
Sound Practices for the Management and Supervision of Operational Risk
Other Basel Committee Reference Documents
(on the web site of the Bank for International Settlements)

Basel II Compliance Risk

April 2005
Compliance and the compliance function in banks

Market Risk


May 2012
Fundamental review of the trading book (PDF)

December 31, 2010
Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework (PDF)

July 13, 2009
Guidelines for computing capital for incremental risk in the trading book (PDF)
July 13, 2009
Enhancements to the Basel II framework (PDF)

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Last Update: March 01, 2017