by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jul 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On March 4, 2016, the Basel Committee issued a consultation paper on the standardised measurement approach for operational risk. The newly proposed framework, dubbed the “single measurement approach” (SMA) for risk assessment, addresses weaknesses BIS has...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jul 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On March 6, 2016, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BIS) published a consultation paper proposing to amend or “calibrate” the Basel III non-risk-based leverage ratio. Banks have been lobbying the Committee quite aggressively to make changes to the way...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jul 16, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In his final address on July 12, 2016 as the EU’s Commissioner for Financial Stability, Jonathan Hill announced that the European Commission would push the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to rethink some of its Basel III reforms in light of their affects on...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jun 25, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On June 22, 2016, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation paper proposing a framework to address four areas it sees as structural vulnerabilities from asset management activities that could potentially present financial stability risks. The...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Jun 20, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
On May 24, 3016 at the SIFMA Fixed Income Market Structure Seminar, Daleep Singh, the Department of the Treasury’s Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets, provided an overview of the findings from the Treasury’s January 2016 request for information...
