October 2007

N&P: Country folk lead Europe to IRB status

by Duncan Wood

The first European bank to be cleared to use one of the new Basle Accord’s advanced approaches – and reap the rewards – is not headquartered in London, Paris, or Frankfurt. It doesn’t inhabit a gleaming tower in Milan or a grand old office block in Madrid. Strictly speaking, it’s not even a bank. Duncan Wood reports.


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