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Basel IV : The Next Generation of Risk Weighted Assets

Martin Neisen & Steven Röth
Release date:June 2017
Language:English
Pages:338
ISBN: 3527509186
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Price:$ 100,92

In reaction to the financial market crisis that started in 2007, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision substantially revised its existing framework for regulation, supervision and risk management in the banking sector. This revision was introduced with the so-called Basel III framework in December 2010. It essentially comprises a strengthening of the quality of a banks’ own funds, as well as new requirements with regard to the amount of required capital. Furthermore, new ratios were introduced in order to limit the leverage employed by banks as well as new liquidity ratios. Since 2012 the Basel Committee has increasingly pursued a revision of the calculation methods for risk-weighted assets. In addition, a large number of new requirements have been developed. This package of new standards from the Basel Committee, which is unofficially called “Basel IV”, is now the most comprehensive package of modifications in the history of banking supervision. It is only a matter of time until the innovations of the Basel IV package are transferred into binding EU law. The banking industry will face major challenges in implementing these new rules. In the editor’s volume “Basel IV – The Next Generation of Risk Weighted Asset” Martin Neisen and Stefan Roth present the current edition of the Basel reform proposals. The aim is to convince the reader that we are facing a new framework called “Basel IV” and not just a fine adjustment of the existing Basel III regulations. Moreover, the innovations of the Basel IV package are explained in a clear, comprehensible and practical manner. With the aid of a high-profile team of experts, the complexity of the topic is reduced and important support is offered.

Martin Neisen

Martin Neisen is a partner at PwC in Frankfurt and head of the global Basel IV initiative of PwC. He is also leads the division Regulatory Management of Germany, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Turkey. With extensive experience and technical expertise in the German and European banking industry, Mr. Neisen has more than 14 years of project and audit experience with banks and financial services providers. In particular, he advises institutions in issues relating to the entire spectrum of banking supervision and risk management.

Mr. Neisen is involved in PwC’s international project teams and is well known as the expert in the implementation of regulatory requirements, which also affect regulatory, risk management and accounting.

Steven Röth

Stefan Röth has been working for PwC since 2008. As a Senior Manager in the Regulatory Management division, he advises banks and financial services providers on all aspects of banking supervision. Mr. R�th operated as a project manager on several CRD IV / CRR preliminary studies and implementation projects. He has accompanied various banks in the implementation of the EBA / ECB Stresestest from 2014 until 2016. Currently, he focuses on the impacts of “Basel IV” on the banking world.He has already given numerous lectures at specialist conferences and published several articles on this topic.