Basel

  • PRA crackdown on liquidity-poor banks

    PRA crackdown on liquidity-poor banks

    The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has found five UK banks have a shortfall of an aggregate £27.1bn, meaning they are below the minimum 7% liquidity required by Basel III legislation.

  • bowing to pressure from banks a good thing

    bowing to pressure from banks a good thing

    The restructuring of the amount of capital and liquid assets banks have to hold before central bank support is pulled has been pushed out to 2019 rather than 2015. But far from being an unnecessary delay it is a sensible step on the way to boosting investment-led economic growth.

  • banks benefit from more flexible basel rules

    banks benefit from more flexible basel rules

    The Basel III banking regulations have been eased to give global banks more time to comply with their liquidity requirements.

  • four themes that will not help you manage money

    four themes that will not help you manage money

    Rather than another outlook piece on investment trends for 2013, here are four things to consider as we approach 2013 that will impact on portfolio strategies but that are not strategies themselves.

  • Problems of Basel II remain under Basel III

    Problems of Basel II remain under Basel III

    New capital adequacy requirements under Basel III do not mean the end of all Basel II’s problems.