Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Packed agenda awaits Basel Committee at crunch meeting
Uncertainties abound ahead of key gathering
Bank’s Tucker details root-and-branch reform proposals
Bank of England’s Paul Tucker outlines reforms necessary to curb systemic risk build-up
Pillar 3 crucial for bank safety
Bank of Finland examines the combined effect of the Pillar 1 minimum capital requirements and Pillar 3 disclosure requirements of Basel II on bank safety
Living wills the way forward: Britain’s FSA
Britain’s Financial Services Authority also calls for higher capital and liquidity requirements
Basel Committee: trading-book capital requirements to soar
Basel Committee says new trading-book rules will result in much higher capital requirements
Basel proposes home-host fix
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision devises solutions to cross-border bank issue
Basel Committee gets it right
William Isaac, a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation who now heads LECG Global Financial Services, believes the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s accounting guidelines have much to recommend them
Basel outlines plans to tighten bank regulation
Central bank governors and heads of supervision agree on raft of measures to rein in banks
Basel Committee devises accounting principles
Committee’s guidelines focus on provisioning, fair-value measurement
Basel II enhancements released
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision announces revisions to supervisory framework and rules on trading-book capital
Basel, IADI issue deposit insurance guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) on Thursday published the final version of their global guidelines for deposit guarantee systems.
Basel Committee expands membership
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Wednesday expanded its membership to include all G20 countries.
Basel Committee issues stress-test guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has produced a raft of measures for the sound governance, design and implementation of stress tests.
Basel Committee advises on cover payments
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Tuesday issued its final guidelines on cover payment messages related to cross-border wire transfers, which can be used for money laundering and terrorist financing.
FSF details reform proposals
A leverage ratio, less risky pay deals and closer work on cross-border contingency planning are among the measures for a new global regulatory code outlined by the Financial Stability Forum on Wednesday.
Wellink: long-term fix will abate near-term fears
A clear outline of the post-crisis regulatory landscape would help allay short-term fears, Nout Wellink, the president of the Netherlands Bank and the chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, has said. Wellink also indicated that the…
Wellink eyes caps on bonuses and hedge funds
Nout Wellink, the chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and president of the Netherlands Bank, has called for international principles for bonuses and financial sector pay.
Basel, IADI issue deposit insurance guidelines
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) has issued a set of global guidelines for deposit guarantee systems.
Basel Committee, FSF expand membership
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) have expanded to include a host of emerging-market economies.
Basel Committee to raise capital ratios
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has said that it will raise capital requirements next year in order to ward off future episodes of economic and financial stress.
Recovery a long way off: Wellink
Despite strong interventions, recovery of the banking system seems a long way off, said Nout Wellink, the president of the Netherlands Bank and chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Supervisors must change bonus culture: Wellink
Nout Wellink, the chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and president of De Nederlandsche Bank, has called on supervisors around the world to tackle banks' "generous" bonus culture.
Basel Committee bids to strengthen Basel II
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on Friday issued a string of draft measures aimed at enhancing the Basel II capital framework in light of the credit crunch.