With the entry into force of "New prudential supervisory provisions for banks" (memorandum no. 263 dated 27 December 2006), the Bank of Italy reviewed the regulations on this subject, implementing the changes introduced by the Basel Committee for Bank Supervision with the so-called "New Basel Agreement on Capital, Basel 2" and community directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC.
The new structure of the prudential regulations is based on "three pillars":
- the first introduces an asset requirement in response to the risk typically involved in banking and financial activities, permitting use of alternative methods for calculation of asset requirements;
- the second requires banks to implement a strategy and process of control of the adequacy of their current and future assets;
- the third introduces obligations regarding information provided to the public with the aim of providing the market with a more accurate assessment of the solidity of banks' assets and their exposure to risks.
The document corresponding to the third pillar of Basel 2 (which may be consulted in this section of the website) contains qualitative and quantitative information represented on the basis of the subdivision into synoptic tables defined in detail in the Bank of Italy memorandum identified above (Annex A, Heading IV, Chapter 1):
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