banking
Nov
24
2018
The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) published a snapshot of the outstanding OTC derivatives transactions statistics at the end of the first semester of this year. The main results are summarized as follows: The notional value of outstanding OTC derivatives ...more »
Nov
24
2018
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) and the other standard-setting bodies (SSBs) (i.e. the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures, the Financial Stability Board and the International Organization of Securities Commissions) reconvened the Derivatives Assessment ...more »
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Nov
16
2018
Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB spoke at the Annual General Meeting of the Foreign Bankers’ Association, which was held in Amsterdam the 15 November 2018. The focus was the state of the euro area banking sector and its current ...more »
Nov
16
2018
A key element of the Basel Committee’s post-crisis Basel III reforms is the introduction of a leverage ratio requirement. The leverage ratio complements the risk-based capital requirements by providing a safeguard against unsustainable levels of leverage and by mitigating gaming ...more »
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Nov
15
2018
Upcoming challenges and new trends for financial institutions Credit risk management in the banking industry has changed in recent years, mainly as a consequence of the stricter regulations following the financial crisis; further changes, whose magnitude and effects are mostly ...more »
Stress test: un quadro non del tutto positivo ma più veritiero del passato
di Emilio Barucci e Carlo Milani
Posted in: Articolo
Nov
11
2018
Lo scorso 2 novembre l’EBA ha diffuso i risultati della nuova tornata di stress test condotta durante il 2018 a partire dai dati di bilancio relativi alla fine del 2017. Il test ha riguardato 48 banche operanti in 15 paesi ...more »
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Nov
10
2018
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a Public Statement in order to raise market participants’ awareness on the readiness of credit rating agencies (CRAs) and trade repositories (TRs) for the possibility of no agreement being reached in the ...more »
FSB: SME financing, the use of SupTech and RegTech, and implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio
Posted in: News
Nov
10
2018
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Regional Consultative Group (RCG) for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) met in Istanbul today at a meeting hosted by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. Members of the FSB RCG MENA ...more »
Nov
02
2018
The Basel Committee is publishing the fifteenth progress report on adoption of the Basel regulatory framework, October 2018. The report sets out the adoption status of Basel III standards for each Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) member jurisdiction as ...more »
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Nov
02
2018
The European Banking Authority (EBA) publishes today its final “Guidelines on management of non-performing and forborne exposures”. The Guidelines, developed in accordance with the European Council Action Plan, aim to ensure that credit institutions have adequate prudential tools and frameworks in ...more »
