The realization that Basel II is the beginning of a new way of doing things, and that optimal risk management requires users and processes to have access to the correct data in the best way, is making the boards of some banks take a deeper, broader look at their approach to handling the Basel II Accord. There are a number of contributing factors to banks' concerns about this and other new regulatory changes which are imminent.

It is a requirement of Basel II that banks demonstrate that the insight gleaned from the more advanced levels of compliance are actively being used to support the core business processes across the enterprise.

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