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.
Model update pushes ING’s op RWAs up 17%
Changes to AMA model behind €6.2 billion uplift
FRTB internal models in fight for survival
Basel III capital floor leaves banks struggling to justify own-models approach, say risk experts
Capital issue boosts BofA’s AT1 capital by 11%
The bank issued two slugs of perpetual preferred stocks in Q2 2019
Double jeopardy: CCAR and the countercyclical buffer
Some US regulators want to hike capital while times are good; banks say Fed’s stress test already does
The BoE leverage ratio: welcome relief or regulatory arbitrage?
UK banks are reaping higher capital savings through the BoE's leverage measure
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Q&A: ‘Stop talking about rules’ – Basel’s Coen
Standard-setter’s top staffer is moving on. He wants industry to do the same
CVA exemption in Basel III could save EU banks more than €18bn
Tweaks to op risk framework might reduce capital shortfall by €12.3 billion
Big banks to bear brunt of Basel III reforms in EU
G-Sibs short €82.8 billion of Basel III capital
Basel’s unlikely victim: venture capital
Changes to credit risk framework could block alternative path for EU banks to finance SMEs
Pre-2019 ABS ‘very unlikely’ to stay in EU liquidity buffers
Issuers will struggle to adapt old deals to new STS rules, forcing banks to reshuffle HQLAs
Eurozone G-Sibs’ op RWAs fall €8.1bn in Q1
Deutsche Bank led the charge with €6.4bn reduction
ABA scenario analysis project could aid CCAR comparability
Scheme to agree on common risk drivers could help Fed benchmark risk exposures, says JP op risk expert
Basel closes in on IM offset for leverage ratio
US seen as obstacle to consensus; committee expected to allow netting of margin against PFE only
Basel set to update op risk and resilience principles
Op risk working group to issue core ‘indicators of resilience’ proposal as update to 2011 principles
Can European banks crack the capital allocation code?
Banks “stuck on the same feedback loop” due to sheer weight of capital rules
US banks’ liquidity buffers thinnest among G-Sibs
Mean LCR of US banks hits 122.5% in Q1
How capital rules overwhelmed bank strategy
Regulators shouldn’t run a bank – but Basel III and stress tests have put them in the cockpit
Fresh scrutiny for Europe’s SME capital carve-out
FSB’s Knot urges conformity with global standards
Capital allocation under the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book
Quants propose an allocation method for internal model capital charges
Basel Committee frets over poor member discipline
Tsuiki warns on fragmentation risk as countries delay NSFR, FRTB implementation