The paper finds that, given Australia's conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, Australian banks …' headline capital ratios underestimate their capital strengths. Given their high capital quality and the progress in their … funding profiles since the global financial crisis, the Australian banks are making good progress toward meeting the Basel III …

reduce bank capital below the regulatory minimum. On the funding side, a disruption to banks' offshore funding may put …The global financial crisis is creating stress on banking systems across the world through funding and asset quality …

financial stability analysis, banks are resilient to credit risk and could face difficulties with respect to liquidity risk. The …

outright monetary transactions (OMT) and steps toward a banking union have blunted the impact of the sovereign debt crisis on … banks, and the expansion of European Central Bank (ECB) liquidity facilities has temporarily shielded Italian banks from …

is a core of strong banks that are well managed and appear resilient to further shocks, vulnerabilities remain …. Substantial progress has been made in reforming the former savings banks, and the most vulnerable institutions have either been … further restructuring and recapitalization of some of the remaining weaker banks may be needed as a result of deteriorating …

financial system is still weak. The crisis has set back progress toward a strong, competitive banking system for the future. The … structured corrective action regime and a unified administration regime for all banks, with broad powers for the administrator …

dependent on capital inflows and thus on international investor sentiment. Large holdings of public sector debt by banks makes …