Capital requirements
Eksportfinans faces collateral questions following downgrade
Junk-rated export lender says it has enough reserve liquidity to meet obligations while it is being wound up - but dealers are not convinced
EU member states want to use judgement to set buffer rules, says working paper
EU Polish presidency paper highlights concerns over aspects of the counter-cyclical capital buffer rules under CRD IV
Sweden will go beyond Basel III capital rules, says Ingves
Riksbank governor Stefan Ingves says Sweden will follow Switzerland and UK in implementing higher capital adequacy requirements than Basel III for largest banks; details to be released soon
Video: ING Asia CRO Doug Caldwell on Solvency II and use of liquidity swaps in Asia
Local insurers are still offering products at cheaper prices compared with insurers offering risk-based capital structures compliant with Solvency II, according to Doug Caldwell, chief risk officer for ING Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong. Caldwell also…
From micro to macro: Basel III tools eyed as systemic risk controls
Keeping the lid on
Credit Suisse and UBS on Basel 2.5: Half a world away
Half a world away
Illiquidity holding back CCDS, despite Basel III endorsement
Where is the liquidity?
Q&A: Stefan Walter on Basel III, RWAs, 'anti-American' rules and CVA
“It’s good to have hard deadlines”
Risk USA: Regulators need to be wary of capital overshoot, says Roldán
Adding to Basel III capital levels might have unintended consequences, says former chair of Basel Committee’s standards implementation group
Beware 'buy-and-hold' banking model limitations
A clash of ideologies
ICB report: banks face higher costs, lower ratings
Ring-fence furore
UK’s FPC changes tack on capital requirements
Loosely worded document does not clarify FPC’s demands on banks; new regulatory body asks for more powers in new legislation
Regulators seek to change operational risk methodology at October meeting
High-severity events such as the $2.3 billion rogue trading loss at UBS have highlighted the low levels of operational risk regulatory capital firms are holding
CVA hedging: a false sense of security
Quo vadis, CVA?
Investor pull to replace regulator push on CoCos: Credit Suisse’s Ervin
A new pull for CoCos
Perverse capital
Perverse capital
Sovereign volatility puts Basel III CVA charge in spotlight
Basel III feedback loop between CDS spreads and CVA capital requirements worries dealers, following month of huge sovereign spread moves
Bair bids bye-bye to FDIC
Bair bids bye-bye
Citi’s Gerspach: $12.7 billion accounting switch was legit
Switch of assets to trading book and subsequent sales meant to limit Basel III capital impact, says Citi's CFO
Risk Europe: no-go on CoCos, says panel
Traditional investors won't be won over by debt that converts into equity, says conference panel - and one CoCo issuer raises threat of feedback effects
Regulators may keep it simple for Sifi selection
Regulators may keep the rules simple for Sifi selection process
Sovereign risk weights under threat
Weight gain