Banking and International Banking Systems Basel II. In this paper we will outline the basis for the establishment of the Basel Committee and its long strived objectives to play a supervisory role for the banking industry.

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Banking and International Banking Systems - Basel II

The global economic scenario which seems to repeat its history after time intervals is marked with a whole series of financial failures. These failures often turned into crisis situation for the entire economies and regulators find themselves in a position where they are not able to draft a solution to quickly manage these difficult situations and economies are left with deepening scars from damaging impacts of these crisis. These crisis situations have not stopped at any time and continue to weaken the trust and confidence which stakeholders have vested in the workings of financial institutions and other major corporations. The global economic crisis has unveiled the weakness in the regulatory framework and the results are closure of various financial institutions and intervention from the state to manage the slow down and billions of dollars being withdrawn from financial institutions due to the lack of confidence in their operations. In this paper we will outline the basis for the establishment of the Basel Committee and its