Basel III, Other Guidelines Looming

The Financial Times reported that after a dearth of equity raising from banks over the past year or so, cash calls all of a sudden seem to be the fashion of the day. The Times notes that banks in Germany and Greece are raising equity by issuing new ...

Proceedings report from The Asian Banker's dialogue on "Building a Strong and Stable Bank- The Role of the CEO in Risk Management on the complexities of Basel III rules. Author: Research Categories: Basel III, Capital & Strategic Issues, China, ...

Even if reforms are initiated in the infrastructure sector, banks' willingness to fund long-term projects could remain tepid as Basel- III norms kicks in, according to ratings agency Icra.

In a bid to boost their business and profit margins in the face of Basel III and EU regulations, German banks have begun to launch debt funds targeting institutional money for real estate financing.With projected yields of 5%, the new vehicles ...

The current Basel III timeline foresees the implementation of the reforms step-by-step until 2019, in order to enable the banks to apply the new regulations gradually. Baker & McKenzie offers a summary of these new regulations and outlines the ...

This report updates G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on progress in adoption of Basel III regulatory reforms since the Basel committee on banking supervision issued its October 2012 report.

The banks in India may require additional capital of up to Rs 2.6 lakh crore by 2018 as they migrate to the capital intensive Basel-III framework, Standard & Poor's said today.

Currently, raising new Basel III-compliant debt instruments in India is going to be a challenge due to stringent investment guidelines of key investors.

S&P on Monday said the asset situation of Indian banks will continue to be under stress next fiscal and the scenario will improve only by 2015, as economy starts to look up. MUMBAI: Global ratings major Standard & Poor's (S) on Monday said the asset situation ...