BRUSSELS, June 27 - The European Commission hopes to issue its third and final consultative paper on Europe\'s version of the complex Basel II minimum capital rules for bank safety early next week, Commission officials said today.

New York, May 28 - Bankers are gathering in New York for a key two-day conference called by global banking regulators on advanced approaches to measuring operational risk under the proposed Basel II capital rules aimed at making the world\'s banking system safer.

Liquidity risk and eligible capital are focus for two new working groups. All change in streamlined Basel Committee structure - By Melvyn Westlake

As many countries ready themselves for an accounting revolution on January 1, financial regulators are staking out the limits to the way the new accounting rules affect definitions of regulatory capital - the capital financial firms are deemed to need to absorb losses from the risks they face. David Keefe reports.

SINGAPORE - Regulators in Singapore are looking at the issue of the higher capital adequacy required of Singapore banks compared with foreign banks, according to Singapore deputy prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.

LONDON - The US decision to limit the operation of the Basel II bank capital accord to just a handful of US banks raised doubts in the international financial press over whether the accord would see the light of day.

BASEL, SWITZERLAND - Making banking supervisors accountable for deposit insurance losses seems to reduce their forbearance with banks and may also improve on the time between bank examinations, a working paper from the Bank for International Settlements suggests.

BRUSSELS - Strong support for the European Commission\'s plans for new capital adequacy rules for banks and investment firms was reflected in responses to the November paper on the proposals, the Commission said in April.

Bankers think the end-May special conference on advanced op risk approaches will be more interesting than the consultative paper.

Don\'t be deceived - US regulators are already applying the principles of Basel II to all kinds of US banks, says Tim Leech