Chapter
Regulation & Reform
The frameworks designed to prevent the next crisis.
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Basel Accords
1988 CEInternational regulatory frameworks establishing minimum capital standards and risk-management protocols for the global banking system
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Bank Capital Requirements
1988 CERegulatory doctrine mandating that banks fund a minimum percentage of their assets with equity capital to absorb losses
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MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems)
1995 CEA private registry that bypassed public land records to track mortgage ownership, enabling rapid securitization but corrupting chains of title
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