Basel III

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E.U. to launch new impact study on Basel bank capital rules

By Huw Jones
October 7, 2019, Reuters

The European Union will sound out banks for a second time before implementing the final phase of global capital standards aimed at averting …

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European banks set for 18.6% capital hike under Basel III

By Alessandro Aimone
October 3, 2019, Risk

Large European banks are expected to see their average Tier 1 capital requirements increase 18.6% under the fully-loaded Basel III rules from end-2018 …

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Reforms Have Made Banks Safer but Markets More Brittle

By Greg Ip
September 25, 2019, The Wall Street Journal

In the decade since the global financial crisis the U.S. financial system in many ways is much safer, with banks …

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Foreign Exchange Transactions and Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Derivatives Hit Record Highs

By Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, MRV Associates
Originally published in Forbes

Anyone who is still claiming that Basel III rules, Dodd-Frank, or international agreed upon derivatives reforms would hurt trading volumes …

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Industry expects U.S. FRTB proposals by year-end

By Samuel Wilkes
September 16, 2019, Risk

Industry sources are expecting the Federal Reserve to release draft proposals of the US version of Basel trading book capital requirements by the …

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Revealed: FRTB impact three times higher than expected

By Samuel Wilkes
September 2, 2019, Risk

Final market risk capital rules will lead to a higher increase in bank capital requirements than previous estimates given by international regulators earlier …

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