Pillar 1
Regulators bristle at slow progress on BCBS 239
Three out of 30 banks compliant with six months to go; talk of capital add-ons for laggards
Op risk standard will hike capital by 11% – latest data
Rises in capital under SMA will vary depending on regulator treatment, writes op risk expert
EU banks’ CVA capital to triple if exemptions axed
Seven banks would incur 200bp-plus hit to capital if long-standing waivers were repealed, says EBA
Pillar 2 moves to centre stage for op risk capital
US banks set for sharp falls in Pillar 1 requirements, but regulator-set add-ons cloud SMA’s impact
Op risk modelling to survive move to SMA
Models will still be needed to measure forward-looking risks under Pillar 2
Basel op risk modelling blow shifts focus to Pillar 2
Demise of AMA leaves industry needing risk-sensitive approach for calculating top-up capital, says consultant
U-turn on SMA comparability sparks anger
Three regulators echo bank dismay as key principle of op risk capital framework is abandoned
Revised SMA could allow banks to ignore past op risk losses
Leaked proposals say loss component will be left to national regulators, threatening an unlevel playing field
How Europe can fix the Basel IRRBB standards
Building an outlier test for interest income would be better than the standardised EVE approach
European banks tire of CVA guessing game
Continued political wrangling over Europe’s CVA exemption increases uncertainty for dealers
EBA shelves CVA charge plans after twin defeats
Ongoing rule changes at Basel and EU could allow future bid to end corporate exemption
Pillar 2 'unlikely to cushion' trading book capital impact
Pillar 1 capital hike likely to outstrip any Pillar 2 add-ons, say dealers
Banks reject NMD maturity limits in interest rate risk rules
Consultation respondents warn of reduced lending and higher systemic risk
Regulators forge compromise on banking book rate risk
Basel rules allow a combination of internal and standardised models
EBA rate risk guidelines ease deposit cap
Greater flexibility welcomed, but problems may remain for mortgage lenders
Q&A: Eiopa approach wrong on government bonds, says Ivass director
Corinti: Modelling sovereign risk should not be a Pillar 1 requirement
Basel cuts credit spread charge from banking book work
Charge was felt to be "too difficult to capture" without complex rules
Impact study postponed for Basel rate-risk project
QIS was due to get under way last month but will now start in mid-2015
EBA 'abolishing' two-pillar Basel framework, critics say
New guidelines prescribe make-up of Pillar II capital add-ons for first time
Solvency II proposals cause confusion on non-euro extrapolation
Draft delegated acts suggest the last liquid point for non-euro currencies could shift
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
‘Credible risk’ that last liquid point for UK risk-free curve could change
Concerns raised over Eiopa’s discretion over methodology
Insurers raise fresh concerns over Solvency II phase-in
Instability of capital framework should be reflected in plans for soft-launch