Basel 2.5

The white elephant of the trading book review

The Basel Committee’s fundamental review of the trading book raises some serious issues, but David Rowe argues its central proposed revision to the market risk capital regime is little more than a costly distraction

ROE hurdles cause pricing impasse

In the Basel III world, traders know their business must deliver a target return on equity, or risk being shut down – but working out the capital cost, or benefit, of a trade at inception is so difficult that banks only have approximations to guide them…

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