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Tier two proposals shake up Basel plans
August 27, 2010
Lawyers are split on the Basel Committee's move to include tier two regulatory capital in its reforms, but agree that conversion triggers are a more pressing concern
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Market dissects relaxed Basel guidelines
July 29, 2010
Basel’s proposed relaxation of liquidity and capital guidelines is good news for banks. But regulators must still provide more clarity, and be careful not to water down their original intentions too much
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Tier-one reprieve for Japanese banks
July 29, 2010
To the relief of Japanese banks, the Basel Committee has scrapped measures that could have invalidated some of their tier-one capital
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Basel leniency could harm UK banks
July 29, 2010
The Basel Committee’s plans to relax liquidity restrictions will mean that the UK FSA's regime will be stricter, and could leave UK banks at a competitive disadvantage
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Basel threatens Danish mortgage bonds
July 21, 2010
Liquidity and leverage proposals by the Basel committee could threaten the Danish market in mortgage credit bonds. But the instruments’ business model is very safe
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Basel consultation fears revealed
April 16, 2010
The consultation period for the Basel Committee’s liquidity and risk proposals closes today. The banks want to delay implementation
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Basel will push Japan tier one innovation
April 20, 2010
The Basel Committee’s proposals to exclude certain instruments from tier one capital will force Japanese banks to embrace new structures
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Australia: Basel should stick to principles
April 16, 2010
The Basel Committee should formulate broad principles on quality of capital, and not adopt a prescriptive approach, say Australian lawyers
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UK banks’ biggest Basel III worries
February 26, 2010
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Banks confident over innovative hybrids
February 09, 2010
Despite uncertainty over the future of regulatory capital rules, banks are confident that innovative hybrid products will provide core capital for financial institutions
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New Basel will modify, not overhaul
February 01, 2009
The year for banks' compliance teams will be spent adapting to new Basel proposals. It could have been a lot worse though
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Basel could force derivatives onto exchanges
February 01, 2010
New Basel proposals apply large haircuts to securitisations exposures used as collateral to hedge counterparty risk. They could ramp up charges and force derivatives trades based on that risk onto exchanges
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Counterparty risk will dominate deals and regulation
January 14, 2010
Investors are already demanding new structures on deals to mitigate counterparty default risk. Regulatory initiatives in 2010 will follow that lead