The delays are a result of "continuing stress on account of Covid-19", giving banks a further six months until 1 April 2021 to meet the higher requirements.
October 2, 2020The initial countercyclical capital buffer ratio will be set at zero, meaning capital requirements of banks have not been increased.
October 1, 2020The extensions will help to ease operational burdens on banks, broker-dealers and regulators, allowing them to focus on Covid-19 related priorities.
September 8, 2020Industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans discusses Basel III in light of concerns regarding capital adequacy and bank lending, and offers some thoughts on potential design improvements to the capital framework.
August 16, 2020APRA will recommence public consultations on high-priority prudential policy reforms, and begin accepting new licence applications in September.
August 11, 2020The principles aim to increase bank resilience to operational risk shocks, such as those arising from pandemics, cyber incidents, technology failures and natural disasters.
August 6, 2020FRTB is a significant global industry challenge, but the process to achieve its outcomes can harness value from data that can be applied throughout a bank’s operations.
July 20, 2020Two banks have received conditional approval to list perpetual bonds on Bangladesh’s stock exchanges, while BSEC works to frame its rules for the listings.
July 17, 2020Completion of the final adjustments to the CVA framework represents the conclusion of outstanding policy work related to the Basel III framework.
July 8, 2020In Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia have in particular made significant progress towards implementing the Basel III standards.
July 6, 2020