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  Basel Accord
In a world where capital is neither free nor abundant, the new paradigm is risk based pricing. With the implementation of Basel II and the removal of traditional barriers to doing business across geographic boundaries, we as bankers need to think more carefully about the capital impact of our choices.
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  Basel II Reporting
Alchemy’s enterprise risk management solution, Alchemy Risk Manager generates a full set of reports both for Pillar I & II. These reports are compliant with SBP reporting Read More ...

  BCBS - Principles for the Management and Supervision of Interest Rate Risk
This paper highlights principles that are intended to be of general application for the management of interest rate risk, independent of whether the positions are part of the trading book or reflect banks' non-trading activities.   Download

  BCBS-An Explanatory Note on the Basel II IRB Risk Weight Functions
This paper purely focuses on explaining the Basel II risk weight formulas in a non-technical way by describing the economic foundations as well as the underlying mathematical model and its input parameters.  Download
  Financial Risk Management Primer
This primer summarizes the financial risks encountered and the framework to deal with deal with them.   Download

  Evaluation of Value-at-Risk Models Using Historical Data by Darryll Hendricks
This article provides a comparative study of the different Value at Risk Models being used in the market today.  Download

  Parameter Estimation for the CIR model
This paper uses the equilibrium model of the term structure of interest rates based on the framework of Cox, Ingersoll and Ross (CIR, 1985). The contributions of this paper to the literature are empirical and the purpose is to derive estimates of parameters that fit the Continuous time CIR model using the available discrete market data of the yield curve. CIR one-factor model allows the conditional mean (drift) and conditional variance (diffusion) to be functions of the current short rate. The parameters have been estimated over different data sets, time periods and estimation techniques.  Download

  Prudential sourcebook for Banks, Building Societies and Investment Firms
This is the source book of Financial Services Authority, UK for Banks, Building Societies and Investment Firms.   Download