Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Top-level Swiss committee to fix "too big to fail"
Liquidity and "too big to fail" will dominate agenda for Steering Committee bridging central bank and regulator’s boards, says FINMA’s Zuberbühler
US regulators issue liquidity guidelines
Federal Reserve and other regulators sign off framework for more stringent liquidity management
BIS on the origins of macroprudential
Bank for International Settlements research traces the etymology of macroprudential, noting that it has become a buzzword in the aftermath of the crisis
Libya opens doors to foreign banks
Libyan central bank welcomes overseas institutions interested in setting up a subsidiary, says ongoing reforms and strong economic performance offer great prospects for banks
Some microfinance rules to mirror banks’: Basel
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision says some of its original principals on effective banking supervision will broadly apply to microfinance with a little tweaking
ECB plans regulatory training for EU candidates
ECB says it will partner the European Commission and international organisations to strengthen supervision in countries seeking entry to the EU
FSB to probe banks’ progress on pay
Basel-based Financial Stability Board asks financial institutions to report on compensation standards
Basel-offshoot calls for more consistency
Joint Forum publishes recommendations to standardise cross-border regulation in banking, insurance and securities
Basel Committee unveils radical agenda
Liquidity and capital proposals alter definition of capital, introduce global leverage ratio
Basel Committee reaches agreement on liquidity and counterparty risk
Two-day gathering results in progress on new rules
Packed agenda awaits Basel Committee at crunch meeting
Uncertainties abound ahead of key gathering
Bank’s Tucker details root-and-branch reform proposals
Bank of England’s Paul Tucker outlines reforms necessary to curb systemic risk build-up
Pillar 3 crucial for bank safety
Bank of Finland examines the combined effect of the Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and Pillar 3 disclosure requirements of Basel II on bank safety
Living wills the way forward: Britain’s FSA
Britain’s Financial Services Authority also calls for higher capital and liquidity requirements
Basel Committee: trading-book capital requirements to soar
Basel Committee says new trading-book rules will result in much higher capital requirements
Basel proposes home-host fix
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision devises solutions to cross-border bank issue
Basel Committee gets it right
William Isaac, a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation who now heads LECG Global Financial Services, believes the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s accounting guidelines have much to recommend them
Basel outlines plans to tighten bank regulation
Central bank governors and heads of supervision agree on raft of measures to rein in banks
Basel Committee devises accounting principles
Committee’s guidelines focus on provisioning, fair-value measurement
Basel II enhancements released
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announces revisions to supervisory framework and rules on trading-book capital
Basel, IADI issue deposit insurance guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) on Thursday published the final version of their global guidelines for deposit guarantee systems.
Basel Committee expands membership
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Wednesday expanded its membership to include all G20 countries.
Basel Committee issues stress-test guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has produced a raft of measures for the sound governance, design and implementation of stress tests.