This article examines the impact of the new supervisory standards of Basel 2.5 and Basel III for bank trading portfolios with regards to the additional capital requirements developed to mitigate liquidity risk and credit risk. Using the incremental risk charge (IRC), the authors estimate risk...

This report reviews recent as well as planned changes to accounting and solvency regulations affecting insurers and pension funds and how they may impact long-term investing by these institutions. The review of existing evidence focuses mainly on the impact of risk-based solvency requirements,...

The lack of portfolio granularity in terms of exposure has been shown to have important implications for the amount of a financial institution's economic capital. Based on a numerical simulation model, we provide concrete examples of how granularity affects capital levels. We achieve this by...