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February 23, 2022
Relaxing ESG capital rules is no good if data costs skyrocket
An interesting sub-plot to the revised Basel III agreement, now pushed until 2025 due to the pandemic, is that rule-makers...
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February 11, 2022
GHOS reaffirms commitment to Basel III and discusses appointments
GHOS, which is the oversight body of the Basel Committee, also said it has started looking for a replacement for...
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February 3, 2022
Neil Esho is new secretary general of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Mr Esho, who had been the Basel Committee’s deputy secretary general since July 2014, will serve an initial three-year term....
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October 28, 2021
EU finalisation of Basel III leaves banks concerned
On October 27, the European Commission released a legislative package to inscribe Basel III rules into the capital requirements directive...
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September 29, 2021
Eurozone banks potentially overstating their capital strength
Issues have been raised around window-dressing, internal models and excessive risk weights applied to eurozone public sector debt, implying that...
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August 25, 2021
Basel Committee draws line under G-SIB methodology
By Basel Committee standards the consultation on the topic of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) is very short: just one...
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July 6, 2021
Basel framework was not fully tested by Covid-19 pandemic
“Covid-19 serves as a reminder of the importance of having a resilient banking system underpinned by global and prudent standards,”...
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July 1, 2021
European banks face stigma abroad if EU does not faithfully implement Basel III
“It is important that we avoid a race to the bottom, it is important that we have a level playing...
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June 24, 2021
Will Canada remain unique in its FRTB data pooling approach?
Canada’s six leading banks banded together with CanDeal, a Canadian electronic marketplace for bonds that they own, to pool trading...
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June 2, 2021
South Africa beds down bank resolution plans following slow progress
Unlike the US and UK, South Africa had a ‘good’ 2007-9 financial crisis, with the banks holding up well even...
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