Risk-weighted assets (RWAs)
Another RWA, another dollar: Capital pressures prompt questions over pay
Basel III is forcing banks around the world to reduce their risk-weighted asset numbers. Some have set up specific teams to do so, but how will these traders fit into a remuneration system that focuses on revenue generation? By Michael Watt
Risk.net poll: Simpler Basel framework is needed
A majority of Risk.net readers think regulators should reduce complexity in the Basel framework, after a recent report shows wide variations in RWAs
UBS gears up for slow getaway
A slow getaway
No exit: The problems facing UBS in its fixed income retreat
The stress of unwinding
Bank analysts spooked by huge gulfs in Basel RWA review
Some banks calculating measures that are 3% of the median in Basel Committee study, while others are more than 2,500%
Q&A: Solving the RWA conundrum
How to define RWAs has prompted debate across the global industry but Standard Chartered head of portfolio risk, Paul Harrald, says he has a solution
Basel RWA review said to show banks 'many multiples' apart
Regulators are bracing for fresh criticism of bank capital modelling, say industry sources
Revealing the secrets behind RWA vanishing tricks
A weighty issue
Banks fear outcome as Basel Committee wraps up RWA review
Mending the RWA machine
Risk awards 2013: The winners
Keeping up
Review of 2012: Basel III starts to bite
Basel III starts to bite
Risk USA: Regulators called on to restrict loan modelling choices
Less modelling freedom makes sense, says loan data expert – and the alternatives would be far worse
Risk USA: "We needed to run a simpler bank," says UBS risk manager
Capital pressures that drove UBS out of fixed income could force other banks to follow suit, says market risk head – and names Société Générale and BNP Paribas as examples
Risk-based approach "remains the foundation" of bank capital, says Basel Committee's Byres
Risk-based capital creates right incentives for banks, according to head of Basel Committee secretariat - but critics claim supervisors are making models less risk-sensitive
Basel 2.5 behind JP Morgan’s CIO trading loss
Rehedging mechanism within the comprehensive risk measure allowed JP Morgan to reduce risk-weighted assets while increasing market risk, claim industry experts
JP Morgan and the CRM: How Basel 2.5 beached the London Whale
It’s the untold story of JP Morgan’s credit trading losses – how traders were able to reduce risk-weighted assets while loading up on risk, and the part played by Basel 2.5. Michael Watt reports
Responding to the eurozone crisis
The cutting crew
Risk 25: Banks prepare for a low-RWA future
Weight loss: preparing for a low-RWA future
Swedish banks braced for home loan capital hike
A weighty issue
Profile: Credit Suisse's de Boissard on capital efficiency, Basel III and bank strategy
The adjustment bureau
JP Morgan loss was bungled attempt to cut Basel III RWAs, says Dimon
Loss-making unit's RWAs would have tripled under Basel III, JP Morgan chief executive says - but attempting to cut capital burden made its hedges more complex