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.
Stress testing with fully flexible causal inputs
Stress testing with fully flexible causal inputs
China abandons early adoption plan for Basel III
China Banking Regulatory Commission drops plans to implement Basel Committee timetable early because of eurozone and domestic growth fears
Q&A: William Dudley on global CCP standards
Central counterparties are about to take centre stage in the revamped over-the-counter derivatives markets – a development that has given rise to a set of global principles for their management and supervision. William Dudley, president of the Federal…
Reviving securitisation: regulators send mixed messages
Reviving securitisation
Asian trade finance at risk from Basel III
Paul Harrald of Standard Chartered tells Asean Risk 2012 conference that Asian banks providing trade finance services will struggle to meet Basel III rules on leverage ratios
Asian banks disadvantaged by Basel Accord – Asean Risk 2012
The Basel III Accord has been framed purely to fix the failures in the US and European banking system and is placing an unfair burden on Asian financial institutions, according to speakers at Asean Risk conference.
Dealers pitch loan format for swaps as CVA dodge
Banks are offering to replicate the economics of OTC swaps in loan format - avoiding new capital and clearing rules
GRC special report: editor's letter
GRC interest heightens
Taiwan FSC builds towards Basel III
The vice chairperson of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission says Taiwan will be adopting Basel III but the regulator is still undecided on establishing a local central clearing house
NY Fed's Dudley fears CCP capital 'cliff effect'
Supervisors should ensure the capital regime for cleared trades avoids a sudden leap in risk weights, says New York Fed president
Recovery and resolution diverting attention from real risks, expert warns
RRPs are distracting risk professionals, one legal expert says
Basel III blamed for aircraft financing drought
Aircraft industry struggling to obtain long-term financing – and some industry officials say Basel III is at least partly to blame
India state sector banks require $40bn capital infusion to combat Basel III shortfall
India finance minister proposes setting up a financing entity to help raise capital for state-owned banks through bond issuance
Basel III takes a bite out of aircraft and shipping finance
On the scrapheap
Different preferences create divided implementation of Basel III
A matter of taste
Isda 27th Annual General Meeting Chicago 2012
End in sight?
A turning tide for two-way CSAs?
A turning tide for two-way CSAs?
Tentative on G-20 timelines for OTC derivatives clearing
Tentative on G-20 timelines
Bail-in regimes will reduce demand for bank debt - Risk.net poll
Over three-quarters of poll respondents believe new resolution plans will hurt market for bank bonds - at a time when issuance needs to increase
Regulator Q&A: Grant Spencer, deputy governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Despite New Zealand’s domestic banking sector escaping the worst ravages of the recent financial crisis, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is not wasting any time in introducing the Basel III framework – but with a local twist
