Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Banknotes: October to December 2024
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Securing sound deposit protection in East Africa
There is a need to revisit legal frameworks to adopt risk-adjusted premium regimes and establish more comprehensive deposit insurance systems in the East African Community, write Gilbert Nyatanyi and Gloria Tengera
Book notes: The bankers’ new clothes, second edition, by Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig
A disjointed book where ‘I told you so’ new chapters add little to the excellent original analysis
Indian central bank postpones IM go-live date
RBI communicated delay to initial margin rules one day before planned November 8 implementation
Basel Committee chair warns against easing regulations
Short-term gains will be offset by long-term pain, says Erik Thedéen
Basel III endgame adoption more than doubles
Annual monitoring exercise shows progress, but US and some emerging markets lag behind
Fed relief plan for G-Sib agency clearing welcomed
Rollback may revive interest in European FCM model, as principal clearing still treated punitively
Basel Committee finalises crypto asset disclosure rules
Disclosure and prudential standards to be implemented by 2026
Basel Committee approves new stablecoin exposure framework
Details on new crypto asset and IRRBB rules, plus third-party risk consultation due out this month
People: April to June 2024
A round-up of central bankers in the news and on the move during the past three months
Basel Committee examines financial system in digital flux
Committee outlines fintech risks in first report since 2018
Riksbank’s Thedéen to be next Basel Committee chair
Current chair Hernández de Cos stepping down as Bank of Spain governor in June
‘Do I die, or do I survive?’ Officials reflect on Basel III complexity
Ingves, Trichet and Villeroy de Galhau recall tough trade-offs at Basel Committee’s 50th anniversary
The American way: a stress-test substitute for Basel’s IRRBB?
Bankers divided over new CCAR scenario designed to bridge supervisory gap exposed by SVB failure
Banks’ AI models are flawed – Basel Committee chair
Pablo Hernández de Cos says risk of AI model misspecification is “incredibly high”
Basel Committee prepares crackdown on bank ‘window dressing’
Study says lenders have obscured their true systemic importance at reporting dates
Hernández de Cos attacks ‘flimsy’ criticisms of Basel III
Committee chair says delays to implementation will divert resources from new risks
Basel’s cherry-picking toughens IRRBB shock scenarios
European banks want higher outlier thresholds to offset higher confidence level in new standard
Basel Committee to consult on stablecoin capital requirements
Feedback also sought on interest rate risks and G-Sib “window dressing”
Supervisors face reputational risk from fraud, Basel Committee says
Surveys shows some forms of digital fraud are rising, but data gaps are “significant”, paper warns
Basel III implementation is behind deadline, says committee
Only a third of member jurisdictions have adopted standards