In the past the size of an institution’s balance sheet was a good indication of the risks it was taking; it made sense, therefore, to link regulatory capital requirements to assets. Today, however, ...

In November 2025, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) issued a risk-based capital adequacy requirements directive for banks. Directive No. SBB/95/2025 has given recognition for Basel II and Basel III ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This Technical Assistance Report on Zimbabwe discusses the Financial Sector Stability Review follow-up technical assistance ...

Following endorsement of its proposed reforms of the Basel II framework at the G20 Seoul Summit in November 2010, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published the final Basel III ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The global "Basel III" deal on bank capital standards was reached at lightning speed by usually glacial regulators -- substantive negotiations took about a year, compared to a ...

If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth taking a look at Alan Blinder’s WSJ op-ed on Basel III. We’ll get to his conclusions in a minute, but whatever you think of those, he’s done us a great service ...

For the last decade, many of us—consultants, journalists, legislators, and regulators—have spent countless hours identifying the causes of the 2008 financial crisis and those who were responsible. Yet ...

The US and EU rules implementing Basel III follow many aspects of Basel III closely, but there are major differences in approach in several key areas. Financial institutions have been engaged in a ...

The banking world was rocked in early 2000 when the Basel II Capital Accord came out with its first draft. This accord emanated from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which is an ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper highlights High-Level Summary Technical Assistance Report on implementation of the Basel II/III Capital ...