A lack of clarity on the quality of capital may have contributed to uncertainty during the financial crisis
Report ranks each country’s progress
Wayne Byres replaces Stefan Walter
Existing principles are being enhanced to strengthen supervisory practices and risk management
The shift to tougher capital requirements for banks is underway, but worries are already increasing that it won’t be enough to avoid the next financial crisis.With the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision having spelled out many of the details of more stringent capital requirements toward the end of last year, national banking regulators are now […]
New requirements ensure that all classes of capital fully absorb losses when a bank is failing
Canada to move quickly on Basel III implementation
Basel III framework published
Dickson skeptical of publicly reported stress tests
Rating agency DBRS Ltd. says that it doesn’t expect the final language of new capital adequacy requirements will have a meaningful impact on the Canadian banks, but that efforts to establish additional requirements for “systemically-important” banks may affect them.On Dec. 1, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said that it has agreed to the details […]