Implementation of the Basel III framework is a key global regulatory reform priority. Full and consistent implementation within the internationally agreed timeframe is aimed at strengthening the resilience of the banking system, improving market confidence in regulatory ratios and promoting a...

This report summarises the findings of an ad hoc working group that reviewed the academic literature relevant to the regulatory framework for the trading book. This project was carried out in the first half of 2010 acting upon a request from the Trading Book Group to the Research Task Force of...

The events of the last few years, particularly those in the global financial crisis that began in 2007, indicate that mortgage insurance (MI) is subject to significant stress in the worst tail events. This report examines the interaction of mortgage insurers with mortgage originators and...

The CBRC issued the core elements of the Basel III capital standards in June 2012. Supplementary documents were published in October and November 2012, including additional requirements on capital instrument innovation, transitional arrangements, and capital adequacy ratio reporting. Based in...

An assessment of the implementation of the capital standards under the Basel framework (Basel II, 2.5 and III) in Singapore was undertaken from July 2012 to March 2013. This was done under the Regulatory Consistency Assessment Programme (RCAP) of the Basel Committee and its Standards...

This report presents the findings of the Basel Committee's RCAP Assessment Team for Switzerland, covering the capital standards under the Basel framework. The team was led by Mr Stephen Bland of the Bank of England (Prudential Regulation Authority) and consisted of five experts conversant with...

This final report from the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS), the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) examines the effects of G20 financial regulatory reforms...