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Basel III: Finalising post-crisis reforms, sometimes called the Basel III Endgame in the United States, [1] [2] Basel 3.1 in the United Kingdom, [3] or CRR3 in the European Union, [4] are additional changes to international standards for bank capital requirements that were agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in 2017 as part of Basel III, first published in 2010.
Despite the consistent criticism, proponents of the Basel III Endgame proposal believe it will help make the banking system more resilient and prevent worst-case scenarios. They note B3E will ...
Basel III requires banks to have a minimum CET1 ratio (Common Tier 1 capital divided by risk-weighted assets (RWAs)) at all times of: . 4.5%; Plus: A mandatory "capital conservation buffer" or "stress capital buffer requirement", equivalent to at least 2.5% of risk-weighted assets, but could be higher based on results from stress tests, as determined by national regulators.
The capital regulation plan known as Basel III Endgame will increase capital requirements by 20% or more for the eight largest U.S. banks.
The draft Basel rule, first unveiled in July 2023, overhauls how banks with more than $100 billion in assets calculate the amount of capital they must put aside to absorb potential losses.
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The U.K. and EU reforms will result in a 3.2 to 15% increase in capital levels for global systematically important banks, compared to 30% in the U.S.
The regulatory standards published by the committee are commonly known as Basel Accords.They are called the Basel Accords as the BCBS maintains its secretariat at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland and the committee normally meets there. The Basel Accords is a set of recommendations for regulations in the banking industry.