Attention shifts to US, UK after European Union postpones FRTB
The European Union’s move to push back the start date for new bank capital rules on the trading book by...
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EU Should Revisit Bank and Insurer Capital Rules: French President Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron called on Thursday for a revision of how Europe applies minimum capital rules to banks and...
EU banks take conservative approach to calculate market risk
As the EU’s fundamental review of the trading book (FRTB) 2025 implementation deadline nears, banks are adopting a conservative market risk stance under the Basel III framework. Many lenders are opting for the standardised approach (SA) to calculate their capital requirements, avoiding the more complex and resource-intensive internal model approach (IMA), even if the SA leads to a higher capital charge. Data from the European Banking Authority’s (EBA) second Basel III monitoring report, published in September, suggests the proportion of the largest Tier 1 banks using internal models will drop to 54%...
Why European banks can better withstand interest rate risks than their US peers –
A succession of central bank interest rate rises — and the US banking failures that followed — brought the management...
Why European banks can better withstand interest rate risks than their US peers
A succession of central bank interest rate rises — and the US banking failures that followed — brought the management...
Bloomberg Evening Briefing: Big Banks Face Higher Capital Requirements
Major banks are facing one of the biggest regulatory overhauls since the 2008 financial crisis, setting up a clash over...
