Banks will be forced to put more capital behind derivatives trades in a push by global regulators to bolster market stability and reinforce clearinghouses.The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said an amount equal to 2 percent of a bank's trades through clearinghouses should be added to the risk-weighted assets used to determine the lender's total capital requirements.
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It's hard to see why regulators can't reconcile these two new efforts. Basel Committee on Banking Supervision - Basel III - Bank - United States - Barack Obama Read Post
The group of governors and heads of supervision who oversee the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said Monday that they had reached a "broad agreement" on the "overall design" of new capital and liquidity rules for banks. Read Post
As the Basel III Accords near completion, the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision and Financial… Basel Committee on Banking Supervision - Financial Stability Board - Bank - Wall Street Journal - Capital requirement Read Post