Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
Reconsidering the LCR
Reconsidering the LCR
Cutting Edge introduction: risky contributions
Risky contributions
Top CROs worry about Basel III consistency
A new research report published this month by Risk reveals that CROs at the world’s largest banks are worried about the consistency of Basel III rules
Asia banks seek Sifi status
Badge of honour
Asia financial regulators press on with banking reforms
Diverging directions
Regulatory releases and developments in Asia
Regulatory releases and developments in Asia
Basel capital rules threaten client clearing
A blow to client clearing
Basel guidance on settlement risk delayed until June
Updated guidance on foreign exchange settlement risk from the Basel Committee and CPSS was originally expected by the end of 2011, but now has an expanded remit
Basel Committee considers use of credit ratings in LCR shake-up
The scrapping of the level 1 and level 2 distinction for liquid assets is also discussed as the committee reviews the liquidity coverage ratio
Swaps push-out a 'vast overreaction', says OCC's Walsh
Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act is based on a misperception of OTC derivatives, says acting OCC head - who also acknowledged criticism of US uncleared margin proposals
Use of OECD ratings in US market risk proposals questioned
Country risk classifications "are not sovereign ratings" says OECD. US regulators last month proposed using them as an alternative to external credit ratings
Risk.net poll: Basel rules make client clearing uneconomical
Fifty-four per cent of respondents say new capital rules for bank exposures to central counterparty default funds makes it unattractive to offer client clearing services
Credit portfolio manager of the year: JP Morgan
Risk awards 2012
Deal of the year: Credit Suisse
Risk awards 2012
Basel 2.5: US ratings workaround too punitive, banks complain
Basel 2.5: US ratings workaround too punitive, banks complain
Basel 2.5 prompts flurry of asset sales and risk transfer deals
The profits of imbalance
Risk.net: Top 15 stories of 2011
Derivatives pricing, collateral and Basel 2.5 and Basel III are the most read stories of 2011
Asia’s risk professionals warn of unintended consequences of Basel III
Basel III rules may cause banks to reduce lending, worsening the economic slowdown, warn risk professionals in Asia-Pacific
Basel statement on risk transfer could halt legitimate trades, bankers warn
Basel Committee focuses on cost of protection in attempt to stamp out capital arbitrage, but dealers worry that sound trades will also suffer
Apra names new division managers
Australian regulator names Keith Chapman and Helen Rowell in senior roles
Review of 2011: collateral, capital and chaos
Collateral, capital and chaos
Cutting Edge: the year of CVA
The year of CVA