Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS)
Continuing to rebuild
Degrees of influence
Is the counter-cyclical toolbox incomplete?
Is the counter-cyclical toolbox incomplete?
Investors wary of contingent capital
Contingent upon capital
Name concentration correction
Name concentration correction
Basel Committee doesn’t have the last word, vows Othmar Karas, MEP
European Parliament’s rapporteur for CRD IV suggests Basel III will hit European banks hardest and adjustments will be needed when the standards are transposed into European law
Marco Moscadelli: The Bank of Italy man
After 20 years at Italy’s central bank, Marco Moscadelli knows his country’s banking industry well. But this hasn’t narrowed his focus, and pivotal roles on European supervisory bodies have also given him a say on how the operational risk is approached…
Basel provides guidance on the use of insurance as a mitigant
Insurance covered
Merkel's EU bailout plan threatens Basel’s sovereign zero risk weights
Discussions are already under way behind closed doors, knock-on effects for bank capital could be substantial
Asia Risk Congress 2010: CVA ‘less relevant’ for domestic banks
Panellists discussing the finer points of credit valuation adjustment (CVA) at the Asia Risk Congress 2010 said despite all the current talk about CVA in the region, it may prove to be less relevant for Asian institutions compared with their…
Politics won't get in the way of Sifi plans: FSB's Draghi
Financial Stability Board chairman Mario Draghi says resolution regimes for systemically important banks operating across borders need not be bogged down in political tensions
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