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OVERVIEW
Meaning of Basel III
Why Basel III
Aims
Objectives
Major Changes
Regulation
Supervision
Risk management
Targets:
Bank-level or micro prudential which will
help raise the resilience of individual
banking institutions in periods of stress.
Macro prudential system wide risks that
build up across the banking sector as
well as the pro-cyclical amplification of
these risk over time.
Structure of Basel II
revised risks:
Credit risk
Operational risk
Market risk
Credit risk
The standardised approach
Foundation internal ratings based (IRB) approach
Advanced IRB approach
Operational risk
Basic indicator approach
Standardized approach
Advanced measurement approach
Market risk
standardized approach
internal models approach
Weaknesses of Basel II
The quality of capital.
Pro-cyclicality.
Liquidity risk.
Systemic banks.
A. Capital Reform
B. Liquidity Standards:
1.
2.
1.Short-term:LCR
The LCR is a response from Basel
committee to the recent financial crisis.
The LCR proposal requires banks to hold
high quality liquid assets in order to
survive in emergent stress scenario.
Short-term:LCR
2. Long-term:NSFR
Objectives:
To promote more medium and long-term
funding activities of banking organizations.
Ensure that the investment activities are
funded by stable liabilities.
To limit the over-reliance on wholesale shortterm funding(money market)
Long-term:NSFR
Available stable funding (ASF) is defined as the total
amount of an institutions:
capital.
Contingent capital.
CONCLUSION
HOWEVER,
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Basel III: Issues and implications. [Available at: www.kpmg.com]
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Federal Reserve Proposes Revised Bank Captial Rules. [Available
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IntroductiontoBaselII: [Available at:
http://www.rcg.ch/papers/basel2.pdf]
IntroductiontoBaselII. [Available at:
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References: (Cont.)
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/35908/
[Accessed on 11/12/2012]
The New Basel III Framework: Implications for
Banking Organisations. [Available at:
www.shearman.com][Accessed on 30/11/12].