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.
A year of market movement and trading opportunities
Sponsored forum: US inflation derivatives
The forgotten pillars of Basel II
Forgotten pillars
Sponsored forum: Sub-custody
Drivers and growth for the sub-custodian
Chinese banks to emphasise fees over asset growth in the coming years – PwC
Basel III not the main challenge for China banks – instead interest liberalisation is their main focus
India extends Basel III timetable to enable banks to raise capital
Decision to push back Basel III implementation motivated by capital concerns, say market sources
Sponsored survey analysis: Ordnance Survey
Future risks for 2013 – What does the risk landscape look like?
Replacing VAR, OIS discounting and the future of quant finance – the top stories of 2012
The Basel Committee’s proposal to scrap VAR and the move to OIS discounting struck a chord with Risk.net readers in 2012
Korea ready for Basel III, claims FSC
Meeting the challenges
Derivatives traders optimistic for 2013, according to Risk.net poll
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a Risk.net survey think they’ll make more money from derivatives trading in 2013
Oprisk Software Profiles 2012/2013
Oprisk Software Profiles 2012/2013
Segreti leaves inflation for prime services role at Barclays
Ralph Segreti set to lead agency derivatives origination at Barclays, with Adam Law taking over the inflation business
Early adopter: Philippines set to introduce Basel III by start-2014
From Manila to Basel
Derivatives trader 2.0: Sun is setting on old-school risk-takers
Traders of the lost art
Regulators hope changes will end LCR debate
A new ratio regime
Risk software survey 2012
Coping with complexity
Risk technology rankings 2012
Breaking the banks?
Risk research: Almost 60% see increased IT spend in 2013
Expense makes sense
Basel faulty
Basel faulty
CRD IV at risk of non-compliance because of national exemptions, MEP warns
MEP Kay Swinburne warns that CRD IV is becoming too diluted by national exemptions
Lack of certainty over OTC clearing location a problem for Asia asset managers
Asset managers in Asia are being hindered in preparing for OTC clearing by a lack of clarity over location
Regulators in Asia target shadow banking sector
Regulators in Asia are striving to strike balance between regulating the shadow banking sector and letting Asian financial intermediation develop
Sponsored video: Regulatory impact on collateral
New regulation will require more derivatives participants to post more collateral than ever before. In this video interview, David Little of Calypso discusses some of the implications