Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
G20 calls for bigger, better FSB to carry reform agenda
G20 leaders at Seoul summit identify areas in which further progress in needed, calling on Financial Stability Board to take the lead and drive reform; ask FSB to report on what extra resources it needs
Extra capital needed for institutions deemed too big to fail, FSB warns
FSB sets out broad direction for special treatment, but admits the possible need for national discretion.
Risk USA: Basel Committee considers capital charges on bank exposures to CCP default funds
A new capital charge on bank exposures to CCP default funds could be introduced in December, says Osfi's White.
Central banks move to bolster liquidity in Islamic paper
Eleven central banks and monetary authorities are teaming up with Islamic multilateral organisations in an effort to bolster supply of highly rated, short-term Islamic paper through an entity called the International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp…
Going loco for CoCos: Gary Jenkins column
Going loco for CoCos
A liquid market – banks tap insurers' liquidity reserves
A liquid market
European Parliament sets up future Basel III flashpoints
European Parliament sets up future Basel III flashpoints
Hong Kong hoping for LCR work-around, says HKMA’s Kemp
Liquidity coverage ratio as it stands will cause problems for Hong Kong banks, says head of banking policy at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Are there enough liquid assets to satisfy regulations?
Grease is the word
Regulators struggle to tackle pro-cyclicality
Tackling pro-cyclicality
Funding needs drive banks to “borrow” liquidity from insurers and pension funds
Insurers and pension funds offer banks a lower-cost solution to their funding issues
Homogeneous regulations could contribute to risk, says former Brazil central bank chief
Arminio Fraga warns about the use of globally standardised methodologies for regulatory capital, as well as the dangers of multiple central counterparties
Cebs says work on supervisory colleges is accelerating
Cebs secretary-general Arnoud Vossen, in an interview with Operational Risk & Regulation, says work on improving supervisory colleges is speeding up
Basel’s new 7% equity capital minimum welcomed
Basel’s new 7% equity capital minimum welcomed
Current models limited says Joint Forum report
A report by the Joint Forum – a group looking at issues common to the banking, insurance and securities exchange sectors - says risk aggregation models used by all three industries contain significant weaknesses
Dipo conference: Loss-data consortiums switch focus from quantity to quality
Quality over quantity
PwC partner: Basel's remuneration paper gives banks cause for concern
Firms worried by Basel Committee’s remuneration proposal
UK FSA outlines aims to promote good governance through SIF regime
UK FSA switches focus to ‘governance in action’
DMOs to Basel Committee: leave our bonds out of your buffers
New rules mean banks will have to load-up on government debt, but one apparent beneficiary - debt management offices - are against the idea
Basel Committee stalls on key element of counter-cyclical plans
Market participants cast doubt on the collective strength of multiple measures to mitigate pro-cyclicality in Basel III.
Debate swirls over merits of CoCos and bail-in debt
Banks are anxious to find cost-effective capital structures that will be attractive to investors and acceptable to regulators.
EC's Barnier unveils new college approach to bank crisis resolution
European Commission proposals of extensive new powers at odds with Basel vision of colleges, and Cebs' new assessment of success of information-sharing initiatives
Basel Committee sketches regulatory action plan
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision identifies eight issues it is working on as Basel III reform package heads into the political sphere