Global banking regulators launched a pair of consultations on banks’ capital disclosure requirements.
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision published two discussion papers on Thursday: one that proposes revised market risk disclosure requirements, and another on disclosing banks’ sovereign exposures.
The proposed changes to the market risk disclosure requirements aim to reflect revisions to the capital requirements for market risk and to enhance disclosure of banks’ trading desk structures.
The paper on banks’ sovereign exposures seeks feedback on three potential disclosure templates, which would require banks to disclose their sovereign exposures and risk-weighted assets by jurisdiction, currency, and by accounting classification.
It notes that regulators have not yet reached a consensus to make any changes to the regulatory treatment of sovereign exposures.
“For this reason, these potential disclosure templates would be voluntary in nature, with jurisdictions free to decide whether or not to require their banks to implement them,” it said.
The Basel Committee is seeking feedback on both papers by Feb. 14, 2020.