Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
Already under FRTB, some banks hope for modelling reprieve
Risk Live: BMO and UBS opted for SA, but believe regulators could still opt to follow softer US rules
Banks insure against cyber risk, but rarely claim
Risk Benchmarking study finds big banks aggressively negotiating on cost of cover, and seeking offsets to Pillar 2 capital
Basel’s CVA upgrade: persuasive in the US, less so in Europe
Ban on credit risk models could encourage US banks to adopt more sophisticated CVA method
G-Sib capital surcharge: how indexing and averaging alter incentives
Capital risk strategist anticipates Basel III endgame impact on US big-bank behaviour
Europe’s next chore: cleaning a floor made messy by the US
Rejection of Basel III’s output floor leaves EU with some difficult decisions to make
Spanish banks brace for €5bn capital hike as CCyB doubles
Countercyclical buffer lifts requirements by €2.5bn in Q4, with further rises to come in 2026
EU weighs response to US dropping Basel capital floors
European regulators assessing whether US proposal amounts to a “substantial” deviation
Banks fear US cross-product capital relief will fall short
Proposal to treat repo as futures for SA-CCR may not do enough to support UST clearing mandate
Basel III endgame: overall relief hides winners and losers
G-Sibs gain from surcharge reform while AOCI hits regional banks
StanChart: UK, EU should copy US ‘commercial’ Basel III
Isda AGM: Exec warns divergent Basel III rules will push trading into less-regulated entities
Can US regulators keep Collins happy with one capital stack?
Legal experts say Basel III endgame redraft retains spirit if not letter of the floor
People: Citadel and Brevan snag banks’ top traders, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
US blows the floors off Basel III
Barr criticises “downward deviations” in US rule; Bowman rejects “blind adherence” to global standards
Basel III endgame – a timeline
A review of Risk.net’s coverage of the US implementation saga
Leaked EU plans offer extra temporary relief for FRTB models
Risk factors would need only two observations to be modellable. Do changes foreshadow US Basel III?
FRTB internal models: quo vadis?
Two risk experts explore how to adjust the FRTB framework to promote internal model usage
US regulators bid to save FRTB IMA, but it’s no small task
Even if industry wish-list is granted, a 2028 start date might be too soon for model adoption
Hopes rise for cross-product netting under SA-CCR
Banks want rule change in Basel III endgame to lower capital costs of clearing UST repos
The state of IMA: great expectations meet reality
Latest trading book rules overhaul internal models approach, but most banks are opting out. Two risk experts explore why
Non-cleared derivatives margining jumps after framework rollout
Margin-to-notional ratio trails early regulatory estimates
EBA supports global op risk taxonomy, but it won’t happen soon
New EU framework designed to ease adoption by banks; other jurisdictions have different priorities