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 | May 19, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In his December 2, 2016 keynote speech at the second Conference on Banking Development, Stability and Sustainability, Basel Committee Chairman Stefan Ingves invited the financial industry and academics to help better calibrate capital and liquidity standards. As the...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Mar 23, 2016 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today released a consultative document proposing a set of changes to the Basel III framework’s approaches for determining Banks’ regulatory capital requirements for credit risk. The goals of these changes are to (i)...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Apr 19, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
In a November 2, 2015 speech in Madrid, Stefan Ingves, Chairman of the Basel Committee and Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, announced that the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision will revisit internal risk modeling by banks. According to Mr. Ingves, “ample...
by David Schwartz J.D. CPA | Feb 24, 2015 | All, Change Overview and Rationale, Formal Regulatory Remedies
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has announced its planned areas of focus for 2015 and 2016 as it continues to propose and finalize the remaining elements of its Basel III regulatory reform agenda. The Committee will continue to pursue its post-crisis reform...
