Capital requirements
New projections on economic impact of Basel III at odds with IIF estimate
Analysis by the Macroeconomic Assessment Group shows a smaller impact from higher capital ratios than an earlier industry report.
A crucial month for Basel III calibration
Implementing change
Middle East maelstrom
Middle East maelstrom
New Basel proposals threaten bank sub debt, investors warn
Bond investors voice concerns over freedom given to national regulators to determine trigger events for conversions or haircuts.
Basel Committee sets out plans for completion of Basel III
Regulators announce a longer transition period and changes to CVA charge
Basel CVA changes criticised
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has adapted its proposals for a capital charge on counterparty risk following industry feedback, but banks were hoping supervisors would go further. By Mark Pengelly
A focus on gone-concern contingent capital
Regulators have found it easier to reach consensus on a standard for contingent capital that converts at the point of a bank’s insolvency, but continue to struggle with the definitions for going-concern conversion. How will supervisors proceed? Joel…
Basel Committee: no decision yet to scrap Basel III liquidity rules
Regulators accept reform package will need to be reshaped but claim no decisions will be taken until July's committee meeting
Regulators hit back at IIF’s doom-laden predictions of Basel III impact
Regulators believe the IIF has over-estimated the effect of the planned Basel III reforms.
Industry urged to stop fighting Basel III and negotiate transition period
Banks should focus on the timeline for implementation and stop resisting the Basel reform package itself, say regulators
Too networked to fail?
The need to craft special treatment for banks that are too big or interconnected to fail has long been a concern for regulators, but of equal importance is the challenge of identifying which institutions should be subjected to such measures. How can…
Hopes grow for liquidity risk recalibration
Conservative concerns
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Goodhart: CoCos 'not silver bullets' for bank capital reform
Regulators should ban dividend payments or curb banker pay to conserve cash, instead of championing Cocos, says economist
Compliance vendors triumph in adversity
Compliance providers have found new customers as a result of the recently changed regulatory environment, while adopting integrated approaches to make the best of tightened budgets everywhere. David Benyon reports
China readies for launch of onshore CDS
Financial risk management tools seen as essential for Chinese bank development
Basel III: kill or be killed
The Basel Committee is trying to prevent a repeat of the financial crisis with a package of new rules, but banks argue the cure could be worse than the disease. After spending the past two months filling out spreadsheets on the impact of the proposals,…
Dampening pro-cyclicality in margin
The Committee on the Global Financial System has released a proposal recommending changes to dampen pro-cyclicality in margin practices and haircuts for securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives. How could this affect collateral management…
Banks call for Basel III rewrite as QIS exercise ends
The industry hopes the impact study will lead to a rewrite of proposed new rules on capital, liquidity and leverage.
Recording mobile calls creates compliance minefield for banks
The UK FSA seeks to require firms to record all relevant conversations made on mobile phones