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Western EuropeApril 26 2017

ECB pushes case for internal models

The European Central Bank is undertaking a major project to ensure the internal models used by eurozone banks work properly. A useful spin-off could be to tackle the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s scepticism over their use, as Justin Pugsley reports.
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What is happening?

Internal models used by banks to calculate risk-weighted assets is a controversial topic, as some partly blame them for the financial crisis. Just to ensure they are working properly, the European Central Bank (ECB) is undertaking a huge project to evaluate them. 

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