Basel III

But even if Basel III had not been too little, it may have been too late.

Most of these concerns would not be addressed even if China were to introduce Basel III.

Key parts of the Basel III regulations do not come in to force until 2013, Clark said, giving banks some time to plug the gap.

Indian bankers said that Basel III would have little impact on the domestic banking sector as it was already well capitalised.

None of the regulators defended Basel III, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported.

The Basel III agreement was broadly well received across Asia, as it emerged that the new rules were not as onerous as some had feared.

But analysts, and even some bankers, are saying that the agreement known as Basel III, won't prevent more financial calamity.

The committee's package of recommendations, known as Basel III, will increase the minimum common equity that banks will hold to 7%.

In Basel III, minimum capital ratios are set at a level that will represent a significant increase in firms' requirements.

The reform package, known as Basel III, includes a new minimum core tier one ratio for banks worldwide.

Why are the transitional arrangements set forth in the Guiding Opinions different from those prescribed in Basel III?

The Basel III accord, unveiled last autumn by banking regulators, was a big step forward in requiring banks to hold more equity.

Commentators see the July changes to the Basel proposals, commonly known as Basel III, as a big victory for lenders.

The implementation of Basel III capital adequacy and liquidity standards should be delayed.

However many officials still shrink from going significantly beyond the Basel III guidelines.

Nonetheless, StanChart will become only the second big bank to respond directly to the Basel III rules, revealed last month.

But an even application of the Basel III agenda is far from assured.

Banks must have a Core Tier 1 ratio of at least 7 percent under new Basel III capital rules agreed by regulators last month.

By contrast, banks are at an earlier stage of getting to grips with the liquidity requirements of Basel III.

Basel III allows the equity of banks to be as low as 3 per cent of their total, non-risk-weighted assets, which is dangerously low.

The advent of Basel III could add significantly to the value of their RWAs, requiring either deleveraging or an increased capital base.

But I think the other two much more public stories are simply sideshows to the action in the main ring that is Basel III.

Some argue that both the US Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III capital requirements have now ended US bail-outs.

It wants banks to meet minimum Basel III rules by 2013, well ahead of the international pack.

The practice was left nearly untouched by the Basel III agreement.

The Basel III compromise limits the use of insurance capital to 10 per cent of each bank's total capital stock.

The new Basel III capital adequacy rules are supposed to take care of the problem of dodgy categories of core capital.

Under Basel III, which regulators developed in response to the crisis, JPMorgan estimates the same ratio was only 7. 7%.

It prohibits them from counting any hybrids issued after the Basel III standards were announced in 2010.

The Basel 3 or Basel III accords were established in September 2010 by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Last week, G20 leaders endorsed tougher Basel III capital and liquidity rules for banks.

Basel III is a key element in the global regulatory framework.

JPMorgan Chase added 1. 1% after chief Jamie Dimon was quoted calling the Basel III capital rules "anti-American. "

In contrast the proposed Basel III rule from global banking regulators would require a top 7. 5% capital ratio.

No, what keeps bankers from Tokyo to New York up at night is worry over how Basel III will define Tier 1 capital.

Under proposed Basel III rules, the sale will generate an $8. 3 billion gain for Bank of America.

The minimum leverage ratio is set at 3% in Basel III, while the Guiding Opinions set it at 4%. Why?

OK, so what's Basel III, and why is it so important?

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