Global systemically important financial institutions (G-Sifis)
Risk Japan 2011: Too-big-to-fail rules should be scrapped in favour of ‘bridge banks’
Japan looked at the need to impose excess capital for systemically important financial institutions in the 1990s and rejected it in favour of ‘bridge banks’ which could inherit losses in the event of a major bank getting into trouble. One university…
Investor pull to replace regulator push on CoCos: Credit Suisse’s Ervin
A new pull for CoCos
Bair bids bye-bye to FDIC
Bair bids bye-bye
Basel Committee takes tiered capital approach to Sifis
Systemically important solutions
Basel Committee will not impose CoCo requirement for Sifis
Basel Committee proposes a staggered common equity capital surcharge for systemically important banks, but steers clear of contingent capital
Ex-IMF adviser calls for 'hard rules' on cross-border resolution
Former IMF adviser Rosa Lastra says international regulatory framework should apply 'hard' rules on cross-border resolutions
The culture of stress testing
Stress-testing culture
New loan-loss reserve requirement under Basel III set to crimp profits at Chinese banks
A new 2.5% minimum loan-loss reserve requirement to be implemented in China under Basel III is likely to reduce the ability of banks to distribute profits to shareholders
Risk Europe: Tweaks to Basel III will raise deadline pressure for banks
Changes to the detail of Basel III will make timely implementation a challenge, say attendees at Risk Europe
Fed wants right to choose which non-banks pose systemic threat
Federal Reserve rule proposes that it will have discretion to determine whether non-bank financial firms come under Financial Stability Oversight Council’s watch on case-by-case basis
Basel III will cause ‘financial Darwinism’: BaFin’s Sanio
Top German regulator Jochen Sanio says Basel III will squeeze weaker banks, spur formation of large banking groups that will pose more systemic risk
Video: FSC's Jong-Goo Yi on Sifis and G-sifis post-G20
Korean regulator Jong-Goo Yi outlines how regulators are framing the debate on how to supervise systemically important financial institutions