Risk-Based Capital : Regulatory and Industry Approaches to Capital and Risk

Recent years have seen dynamic changes in the financial services industry. This report summarizes the results of a review of regulatory capital requirements & financial firms' approaches to relating capital to risk. Focuses on regulatory views of the purpose of capital & current regulatory capital requirements, approaches to risk measurement & capital allocation used today by some of the largest financial firms, & regulatory risk-based capital (RBC) initiatives. RBC is evolving as advances in financial theory & technology enable firms to better understand, measure, & manage their risk. Identifies issues concerning future regulatory RBC initiatives.Cluff, Lawrence D. is the author of 'Risk-Based Capital : Regulatory and Industry Approaches to Capital and Risk', published 2000 under ISBN 9780788186707 and ISBN 0788186701.