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.
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
Eurozone systemic risk diminishes
Yet jumbo exposures to other banks dominate intra-system assets
Can bankers stop the trading book killer?
FRTB won’t obliterate your whole markets business any more, just some very specific parts
Fund-linked structured products face extinction under FRTB
Global market risk capital standards carry sky-high charges for fund derivatives
Banks rethink fund-linked trades ahead of FRTB
Some stop offering longer-dated structured products ahead of expected 2023 rules in EU
BoE to scrutinise banks’ op risk tolerance limits
Watchdog says banks must prove they can stick to tolerance limits; cyber stress test planned
Aussie banks crush IRRBB capital charges
‘Big Four’ cut IRRBB RWAs by A$23 billion year-on-year
Whose leverage ratio is it anyway?
Basel's capital backstop has been distorted out of shape by supervisory meddling
Final FRTB tweak ‘will kill correlation trading’, say dealers
Some European banks plan to lobby ECB for relief when rules are transposed to local law
ING offloads stake in Indian bank, bringing capital relief
Market RWAs drop €2 billion following asset sale