That feeling when you notice that EU leverage ratio requirements are at risk

This week, the EBA and BCBS published the Basel III monitoring results. They show a further improvement of European banks’ capital positions, largely fulfilling the future regulatory capital requirements, with only a very small number of banks suffering from potential capital shortfalls. I found Figure 9 of the EBA report interesting. It shows the evolution… Read More That feeling when you notice that EU leverage ratio requirements are at risk

Basel’s damning report about EU’s definition of bank capital

Here is the Basel III RCAP report. On first sight, it looks bad: “In view of this, the prudential regulatory framework in the EU and the nine Member States was evaluated to be materially non-compliant with the minimum standards prescribed under the Basel framework.” However, how bad is it? Having skimmed trough the report with… Read More Basel’s damning report about EU’s definition of bank capital

Basel III monitoring results published by the Basel Committee

And a quick follow-up from Basel on capital shortfalls. (Click here for the report.) From the press release: “Data as of 31 December 2012 show that shortfalls in the risk-based capital of large internationally active banks continue to shrink. The aggregate shortfall of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital with respect to the 4.5% minimum… Read More Basel III monitoring results published by the Basel Committee

EBA publishes results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of end 2012

Just a quicky – from EBA: it publishes today its fourth report of the Basel III monitoring exercise on the European banking system. Click here for the full report. “The exercise monitors the impact of the implementation of the Basel III requirements in the EU, based on the assumption of a full implementation of the… Read More EBA publishes results of the Basel III monitoring exercise as of end 2012