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.
Limited RWA gains support rethink on Fed output floor
Advanced approaches cut RWAs only marginally across US banks
HSBC, Mizuho, US Bancorp ensnared by endgame CVA rule
Notional-based backstop leaves most banks exempt from capitalising non-cleared trades
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
Banks hold 73% of liquidity buffer in cash and Level 1 assets, on average
Largest lenders hold highest share of central bank reserves in buffer, latest analysis shows
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
Collateral velocity is disappearing behind a digital curtain
Dealers may welcome digital-era rewiring to free up collateral movement, but tokenisation will obscure metrics
New EBA taxonomy could help integrate emerging op risks
Extra loss flags will allow banks to track transversal risks like geopolitics and AI, say experts
Bowman’s Fed may limp on by after cuts
New vice-chair seeks efficiency, but staff clear-out could hamper functions, say former regulators
BoE lowers capital benchmark for first time in a decade
Drop to 13% envisages 0.5pp decline in Pillar 2 add-ons after Basel III
Nomura shuffles risk methodology team
Epperlein takes advisory role six months after Japanese bank’s FRTB IMA go-live
How Basel III endgame will reshape banks’ business mix
B3E will affect portfolio focus and client strategy, says capital risk strategist
US banks hoping for end of DFAST global market shock
As Fed consults on stress-test reform, lobby group argues regulator is double-counting market risk
CVA capital charges – the gorilla in the mist
The behaviour of CVA risk weights at US banks in 2020 hints at the impact of the Basel III endgame
NMRF framework: does it satisfy the ‘use test’?
Non-modellable risk factors affect risk sensitivity and face practical and calibration difficulties, argue two risk experts
The consequences of the Basel III requirements for the liquidity horizon and their implications for optimal trading strategy
The authors put forward a formula-based approach for determining the optimal liquidity horizon used in scaling the base expected shortfall under Basel III.