International regulation of banking : Basel II, capital and risk requirements / Simon Gleeson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why are banks supervised? -- International bank regulation -- The bank capital calculation -- Credit risk -- The standardized approach -- Model based approaches to risk weighting -- The internal ratings based approach -- Netting, collateral, and credit risk mitigation -- The trading book -- Securities underwriting -- Trading book models -- Credit derivatives -- Counterparty risk -- Counterparty credit risks for derivatives, securities financing, and long settlement exposures -- Securitization and repackaging -- Operational risk requirements -- Concentration and large exposures -- Liquidity -- Group supervision -- Financial conglomerates -- Cross-border and international supervision of bank groups -- Pillar three- disclosure requirements.