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.
DBS: Asian backlash over regulatory fragmentation
The crisis did not start in Asia, but Asian countries have been among the first to implement the resulting capital and liquidity regime – while the US and Europe have yet to move. The result is an unlevel playing field, says Elbert Pattijn, chief risk…
Flexible technology needed to respond to regulatory change, says Fincad
Regulatory change will force firms to alter their behaviour, and their technology platforms need to keep pace
Signs of recovery despite uncertainty
Sponsored forum: Luxembourg
Indonesia’s credit growth outrunning risk management
Credit limit
Bilateral CVA of optional early termination clauses
Bilateral CVA of optional early termination clauses
Risk Espana rankings 2013
Spanish fiesta turns cold
Think locally, act locally: Anger over US plans for foreign banks
The Federal Reserve is planning a radical departure from traditional supervision by requiring the local offshoots of foreign banks to meet US capital and liquidity rules. Overseas banks are furious – and regulators are backing them publicly, amid fears…
Easy money: Mittelstand lending glut sparks credit risk fears
Picky in the Mittel
Pressure grows for US to copy EU’s CVA exemption
Bill calls for FSOC to analyse impact on US of EU exemption as corporates press for a carve-out
Primes push synthetics as Basel III bites
Synthetic benefits
Europe goes its own way on CVA
Europe goes its own way on CVA
European CVA rules put Asia banks at disadvantage
Competitive disadvantage
Asia corporates unfairly ‘penalised’ by CVA capital charge
The move by European authorities to exempt European banks from holding CVA capital should be matched by regulators in Asia, according to senior bankers in the region
UK banks face £25 billion capital shortfall
Banks told to achieve common equity Tier I capital ratio of 7% of RWA by end-2013
Higher Basel III pricing deters Asian banks from issuing new Tier II capital
Banks issued debt before the end-of-2012 deadline for Basel II capital, lessening their refinancing requirements for this year
Risk & Return Cape Town: Dealers expect deviation from NSFR standard
Bankers say some local markets may be forced to deviate from the NSFR standard – that’s if the Basel Committee decides to go ahead with it at all
Regulatory certainty required for Basel III bond uptake in India
Indian banks are in need of regulatory compliant capital instruments – but domestic investors are wary
De Larosière slams US protectionism and EU Solvency II rules
Former IMF and Banque de France chief Jacques de Larosière says the introduction of a swath of new regulations in Europe may jeopardise the continent’s growth
Europe edges towards three-pronged CVA exemption
CRD IV set to exempt trades with corporates, sovereigns and pension funds
Banks fear capital swings if Basel III kills bond filter
Filter furore
