While small banks face acute funding needs, larger banks and G-SIBs will similarly have to bolster capital to address rising NPLs and incoming regulatory requirements.
January 27, 2021Under full phase-in of the final Basel III standards, the capital shortfalls at Group 1 banks were €10.7bn based on end-December 2019 data, compared with €16.6bn at end-June 2019.
December 11, 2020Most G-SIBs are estimated to already meet the final 2022 minimum external TLAC requirement, and the market has so far absorbed issuance without difficulty.
November 19, 2020The pandemic raised questions of whether the flexibility provided in the Basel framework is actually used by FIs, for example in the case of bank capital and liquidity buffers.
November 16, 2020JP Morgan and China Construction Bank were raised to a higher bucket; Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo were moved to a lower bucket.
November 12, 2020Most member jurisdictions have final rules in place for Basel III standards, though some are yet to come into force. China has progressed on TLAC rules.
November 4, 2020The rapid and coordinated policy response to Covid-19 has underlined policymakers’ awareness of harmful effects of market fragmentation, the FSB says.
October 15, 2020Under the rules, China’s G-SIBs must have loss-absorbing capacity amounting to at least 16 percent of risk-weighted assets starting from 1 January 2025.
October 1, 2020In Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Korea and Indonesia have in particular made significant progress towards implementing the Basel III standards.
July 6, 2020Business continuity plans, social distancing measures, economic stimulus and liquidity constraints are hindering banks’ abilities to stay consistent with regulators' expectations, says Peter Guy.
March 30, 2020