Leverage ratio
Basel leverage ratio may force CSA restructuring
Cash collateral can only reduce derivatives exposure if it matches the currency of the underlying swap, threatening existing CSAs and even the new standard CSA
Basel said to be weighing leverage ratio U-turn
Cash collateral may be allowed to bring down derivatives exposure - and repo treatments could also be softened, according to three industry sources
PRA protects clearing from leverage ratio hammer-blow
Banks say leverage exposure "could be halved" after PRA acts to safeguard business
SwapClear to restart compression in leverage boon for banks
Banks hope for leverage exposure relief after interest rate swap clearer fixes clash with CFTC rules
Risk USA: Regulators cannot hide from bank models, says Osfi’s Zelmer
Leverage-only approach would set prudential rules back 50 years, warns senior Canadian regulator
Leverage and CCP capital proposals will hurt clearing – Risk.net poll
Four fifths of respondents to a new Risk.net poll think proposed changes to the leverage ratio and CCP capital rules will make it uneconomical to become a clearing member
Regulators pine for the simple life
Prudential regulation is too complicated, the Basel Committee has conceded - but that does not mean it will embrace an all-powerful leverage ratio. By Duncan Wood
Leverage rumpus: Banks protest impact of ratio revisions
Client clearing, repo markets, credit derivatives – the leverage ratio casts a shadow over them all. But the overarching complaint is that the ratio should remain a backstop, and it’s a point on which many regulators agree. Lukas Becker and Tom Newton…
Leverage ratio changes threaten European clearing model, industry warns
Proposed revisions appear to catch back-to-back trades that are used to get exposure into European CCPs
Barclays leverage explosion baffles experts
Regulatory specialists unable to explain jump in leverage exposure at UK bank - the incoming ratio lacks clarity, say critics
Federal Reserve adopts Basel III for US banks
Fed Board unanimously votes to introduce new capital requirements as of January 1
Basel leverage ratio would double up collateralised OTC positions
Ratio could be a 'game-changer', dealers warn, as Basel Committee proposes counting received collateral as well as derivatives exposures
BoE's Haldane says UK could help redefine global banking rules
Andrew Haldane says UK is in a position to lead with fixes to Basel III, tightening remuneration policies and removing barriers to bank account switching
US farm lenders fear clearing will trip leverage ratio
Posted collateral cannot be used to offset liabilities when calculating farm credit banks' leverage ratio
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
BoE's Tucker: FPC capital powers 'won't be popular'
Attendees at ACT conference raise concerns about increased lending costs after Bank of England’s Tucker argues for powers to raise sectoral capital levels
Basel III commitment in question, says ex-committee member
The ongoing crisis in Europe is casting doubt over Basel III framework, says a former Basel Committee member
Sweden will go beyond Basel III capital rules, says Ingves
Riksbank governor Stefan Ingves says Sweden will follow Switzerland and UK in implementing higher capital adequacy requirements than Basel III for largest banks; details to be released soon
Asia Risk Congress 2011: ‘Strong baseline supervision’ a domestic priority, says CBRC head
Chinese banking watchdog director-general Luo Ping says China should continue with its conservative regulatory approach, which insulated it against the worst effects of the global financial crisis
Boon to US leverage ratios as FASB ditches netting proposals
Derivatives accounting proposals abandoned to relief of dealers - but move deals a blow to hopes of convergence between US standards and IASB
Proposals on balance-sheet netting spark worries about leverage ratios
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