Prudential

BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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....
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more

Continue reading

BRR fallback image
Prudential
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,”...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
BRR fallback image
Prudential
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...
Read more
1 4 5 6
Next