The Basel Committee regularly publishes papers - on the way Basel is implemented within the various member jurisdictions across the globe. This implementation looks at Basel II,largely concentrated around the improvement of Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Pillar 2 Supervisory and Pillar 3 Disclosures, Basel II.5,pertaining mostly to Securitisation and Trading Book Exposures, and Basel [...]
Bahrain’s prime business, finance and retail district – the Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre (BIECC) – opened its doors to the first edition of the Arabian Banking Technology Exhibition and Conference (ABTEC 2014) earlier this morning. The two-day conference - launched by Abtikar Association and supported by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) [...]
BRSANALYTICS will be participating in the Arabian Banking Technology Exhibition and Conference (ABTEC) held on the 8th and 9th April 2014 in Bahrain at the B06 stand. The peer-led conference aims to bring together C level executives with the world’s leading and innovative IT companies. Daniel Buttigieg, Business Development Executive for BRSANALYTICS said that “exhibiting [...]
The following article will take a close look at the Liquidity and Leverage requirements of the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD) IV and the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR). Other issues such as counterparty risk and the adoption of the single Europe wide rule will also be discussed. Liquidity Due to Basel III and CRD IV, [...]
Islamic finance has been one of the fastest growing areas of finance in recent years, but this growth has been from a very small base. Even in those Muslim countries where consumers have a choice between conventional and Islamic finance, Islamic finance has not gained a share of the market of more than 50%. [...]
The UAE Central Bank is expected to issue new rules and regulations for banks and financial institutions in the region in the coming months of 2014. They are mainly related to anti-money laundering (AML), Shariah banking, financial statements, disaster recovery, FATCA compliance and virtual banking systems. In addition, the UAE witnessed the establishment of [...]
The BRSANALYTICS business breakfast organised by Computime in conjunction with Microsoft Malta came to a successful close this morning at the Microsoft Innovation Centre at SkyParks Luqa. The event was attended by a significant number of Malta’s leading banks and financial institutions along with key representatives from the Computime team. The opening speech delivered [...]
KUWAIT: Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel said here yesterday the CBK board of directors has approved the application of the Basel III capital adequacy standards to Kuwaiti banks. The Basel III capital adequacy standards include key amendments to the Basel II standards, primarily an increase in the total ratio of [...]
One of Portugal’s largest financial groups, Banif Financial Group, chose BRSANALYTICS to automate the regulatory reporting process in their local branches. Banif Bank (Malta) plc started operating in 2008 and established themselves as one of Malta’s key players in the banking sector. The Bank required a solution which could allow them to adapt to [...]
Computime together with Microsoft Malta will be organising the highly-anticipated business breakfast ‘Facing the Challenges of Regulatory Reporting with Confidence’ on the 4th February, 2013 at the Microsoft Malta Innovation Centre located at the SkyParks Business Centre in Luqa. The event will address the regulatory reporting challenges for 2014 and will also act as [...]