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.
Basel members speed up implementation of banking reforms
Most rules now adopted by more than half of member jurisdictions
PNC eyes $50m windfall from regulatory easing
Capital relief could be used to plump shareholder distributions next year
Basel III heralds wild CVA capital swings
Minimum required capital for CVA to climb 64% for large banks, but some banks will see falls of up to 67%
Funding risk of global banks varies
Basel study shows European banks have seen net cash outflows increase just 7.7% in four years
Basel output floor to bind 29% of big banks
But risk-based capital requirements would constrain the largest number of international lenders
European banks set for 18.6% capital hike under Basel III
Model output floor and higher credit and op risk charges will drive most of the increase
EU banks grapple with NMRF proposals for volatility models
EBA options for lighter capital treatment of parametric curves could prove impractical
Basel III capital shortfall estimate drops by €9 billion
Lower projected credit and market risk capital requirements and model output floor drive reduction
European FRTB proposals spark XVA overload fears
Banks warn of overly complex revaluation process and heightened risk of backtest fails
Watchdogs ask EC to delay repo haircut floors. Will it?
EBA says hedge funds will skirt the rules, but Basel and FSB want haircut minimums in place
Industry expects US FRTB proposals by year-end
Fed likely to co-ordinate progress with EU, which may also accelerate its timetable
When regulators become nationalists
EU’s new treatment of bank software assets is partly a response to global competitive pressures
At US G-Sibs, capital buffers have thinned since 2016
Median G-Sib buffer stands at 3.1% and minimum requirement 9.5%
Enria: no reason for EU to deviate from Basel output floor
ECB supervision chief urges lawmakers to implement contentious Basel III model constraints
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Revealed: FRTB impact three times higher than expected
Undisclosed Isda study finds capital hike outweighs previous Basel Committee estimate
Global banks fear Hong Kong frontrunning FRTB
Local subsidiaries of EU and US banks may be forced to adopt models before their parents
VAR lookbacks should shift dynamically, research suggests
Change-point analysis method helps identify regime shifts in equities markets, quants claim
Europe’s regulators grope for value of software
In the US, the cost of software is not taken out of capital. Europe is fumbling for something similar
Uniform? Op risk capital rules go their own ways
Europe and Canada set to include historical losses in new standardised approach; Australia probably not
Barclays seeks op risk capital relief
Bank claims that lifting of capital floor would raise CET1 ratio roughly 60 basis points
Basel III op risk method a stronger guard against losses – EBA
Number and size of op risk loss overshoots relative to capital would have been lower under new standardised approach
Saudi bank merger lowers RBS’s credit RWAs
Standardised credit RWAs fall 23% quarter-on-quarter
Model update pushes ING’s op RWAs up 17%
Changes to AMA model behind €6.2 billion uplift