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

GGD-98-153 Published: Jul 20, 1998. Publicly Released: Jul 20, 1998.
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GAO reviewed: (1) the regulatory views on the purpose of capital and current regulatory requirements; (2) the approaches of some large financial firms to risk measurement and capital allocation; and (3) issues in capital regulation and initiatives being considered for changes to regulatory capital requirements.

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