Basel III
WHAT IS THIS? Basel III is a set of bank soundness rules drawn up by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in response to the financial crisis. It hikes the minimum amount of capital banks must hold, introduces new leverage and liquidity ratios, and limits the use of internal models.
Surcharge of the light-touch brigade
US reform of G-Sib surcharge goes well beyond simple update
Basel III endgame: overall relief hides winners and losers
G-Sibs gain from surcharge reform while AOCI hits regional banks
AOCI deterioration resumes at US banks in Q1
JP Morgan records largest quarterly rise in unrealised losses
US banks made no headway on EVE transparency in 2025
Morgan Stanley remains lone US G-Sib not disclosing key measure of long-term interest rate sensitivity
One thing missing from US Basel III proposal: a deadline
Without a deadline, risk teams will struggle to secure resources to begin implementation projects
Saudi National Bank equity RWAs surge on Basel phase-in
Year-end risk-weight rise of 60pp triggers 18.2% spike in risk charges
Foreign banks can swerve US Basel op risk capital charges
New proposal offers category III and IV banks op-out from regime, but intragroup trades penalised
Dealers push for more revisions to Basel III endgame
Isda AGM: Goldman, JP Morgan bankers want changes on cross-product netting, CVA and default risk charges
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
Isda’s Basel III playbook: speak softly and carry a big QIS
Scott O’Malia on capital reforms, repo markets and tokenised collateral
ING tops EU peers with hedge-heavy CVA charges
Bank’s €59.4bn CVA hedges dominated by non-CDS instruments
JPM gripes over Fed G-Sib surcharges tweak
Disentangling RWAs from STWF indicator would dampen surcharge relief under endgame proposal
Can the US FRTB revamp make the IMA great again?
Banks are finally presented with a viable internal models framework under Basel III’s market risk rules
UK rethinking tougher capital rules for US bank subsidiaries
US endgame draft would trigger UK Basel III trap floor for foreign banks, but PRA is reviewing
UBS’s market RWAs fall below pre-FRTB levels
Charges drop 15.8% in Q4 as legacy assets continue to roll off
Limited RWA gains support rethink on Fed output floor
Advanced approaches cut RWAs only marginally across US banks
FRTB models find salvation in US Basel III proposal
Changes to P&L attribution test and NMRFs make IMA viable for US banks, risk managers say
Eight US dealers set to dodge FRTB application
Revised trading-activity thresholds would narrow scope of market risk framework
AOCI reinclusion would strip $49.5bn from US bank capital
Schwab, Ally and Fifth Third face largest CET1 hits under Fed Basel III endgame proposal
HSBC, Mizuho, US Bancorp ensnared by endgame CVA rule
Notional-based backstop leaves most banks exempt from capitalising non-cleared trades